Italian Numbers from Zero to One Hundred, and How to Say Prices

Numbers are one of the first things you'll need, whether you're shopping, telling the time or reading an address.

0 to 20

0 zero	1 uno	2 due	3 tre
4 quattro	5 cinque	6 sei	7 sette
8 otto	9 nove	10 dieci	11 undici
12 dodici	13 tredici	14 quattordici	15 quindici
16 sedici	17 diciassette	18 diciotto	19 diciannove
20 venti

The tens

30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100
trenta	quaranta	cinquanta	sessanta	settanta	ottanta	novanta	cento

21 to 99

Add the units to the tens, written as one word:

• ventidue (22), trentatré (33), quarantacinque (45)

Before uno and otto, the final vowel of the ten is dropped:

• ventuno (21), ventotto (28), trentuno (31), novantotto (98)

The final -tré takes an accent: ventitré, trentatré.

Larger numbers

• cento — 100
• mille — 1,000
• duemila — 2,000 (plural -mila)
• un milione — 1,000,000

Prices and decimals

Italian uses a comma for decimals and a full stop (or space) for thousands:

• 2,50 € — due euro e cinquanta
• 10 € — dieci euro
• 1.200 € — milleduecento euro

Useful phrases:

• Quanto costa? — How much does it cost?
• Costa dieci euro. — It costs ten euros.
• Quanto costano? — How much do they cost?

Ordinal numbers

primo (first), secondo (second), terzo (third), quarto, quinto, sesto, settimo, ottavo, nono, decimo. They agree with the noun: la prima volta, il secondo piatto.

Tips

1. Learn 1–20 first, then the tens.
2. Practise with phone numbers and prices.
3. Watch for the dropped vowel in 21, 28, 31 and so on.
4. Use the dictionary to check spelling.

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