Imagine this scenario: You’re grocery shopping during your trip to Italy and hyperventilate as soon as the cashier tells you your total. What the heck did they just say? You’re in need of a math lesson!
In this article, we will take a look at the different ways you can count money in Italian with lots of native audio recordings, so you may never panic again while buying things. Read on to learn everything you need to know!
Let’s get started! Iniziamo!
How do you count money in Italian?
Euro and euro cents
Italy’s (and Europe’s) official currency is the euro. You’re lucky we’re using euros now, because if we were still using lire, you’d have to count money in thousands just to buy bread!
Euro has only one form for both singular and plural and it is a masculine noun.
Un euro, l’euro, gli euro
A euro, the euro, the euros
A euro cent is called centesimo, and there’s no shortened form of this word. When you are talking about more than one euro cent, you have to use centesimi, the plural form of the word. This is too a masculine word.
Il centesimo, i centesimi
The cent, the cents
If you want to say you have 3.20 euros in your pocket, say…
Ho tre euro e venti centesimi.
I have 3 euros and 20 cents.
Know that Italian uses a comma for decimals and a period for thousands. This is very, very different from what you’re used to as an English speaker.
If you’re buying a slice of meat and you see this price tag:
25,00 € / kg
25.- euros per kg
Know that the meat actually costs 25.- euros per kilogram, not 25,000 euros!
25,000 euros in Italian would actually be written as 25.000 euro.
25.000 euro
25,000 euros
That said, let’s see how to count money in Italian with the use of numbers.
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Cardinal numbers in Italian from 1 to 100
The following tables show all Italian cardinal numbers from 1 to 100. Make sure you listen to the audio recordings to learn how to pronounce all the numbers!
Numbers 1-20
| 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 |
| 21 | ventuno |
| 22 | ventidue |
| 23 | ventitre |
| 24 | ventiquattro |
| 25 | venticinque |
| 26 | ventisei |
| 27 | ventisette |
| 28 | ventotto |
| 29 | ventinove |
| 30 | trenta |
| 31 | trentuno |
| 32 | trentadue |
| 33 | trentatre |
| 34 | trentaquattro |
| 35 | trentacinque |
| 36 | trentasei |
| 37 | trentasette |
| 38 | trentotto |
| 39 | trentanove |
| 40 | quaranta |
| 41 | quarantuno |
| 42 | quarantadue |
| 43 | quarantatre |
| 44 | quarantaquattro |
| 45 | quarantacinque |
| 46 | quarantasei |
| 47 | quarantasette |
| 48 | quarantotto |
| 49 | quarantanove |
| 50 | cinquanta |
| 51 | cinquantuno |
| 52 | cinquantadue |
| 53 | cinquantatre |
| 54 | cinquantaquattro |
| 55 | cinquantacinque |
| 56 | cinquantasei |
| 57 | cinquantasette |
| 58 | cinquantotto |
| 59 | cinquantanove |
| 60 | sessanta |
| 61 | sessantuno |
| 62 | sessantadue |
| 63 | sessantatre |
| 64 | sessantaquattro |
| 65 | sessantacinque |
| 66 | sessantasei |
| 67 | sessantasette |
| 68 | sessantotto |
| 69 | sessantanove |
| 70 | settanta |
| 71 | settantuno |
| 72 | settantadue |
| 73 | settantatre |
| 74 | settantaquattro |
| 75 | settantacinque |
| 76 | settantasei |
| 77 | settantasette |
| 78 | settantotto |
| 79 | settantanove |
| 80 | ottanta |
| 81 | ottantuno |
| 82 | ottantadue |
| 83 | ottantatre |
| 84 | ottantaquattro |
| 85 | ottantacinque |
| 86 | ottantasei |
| 87 | ottantasette |
| 88 | ottantotto |
| 89 | ottantanove |
| 90 | novanta |
| 91 | novantuno |
| 92 | novantadue |
| 93 | novantatre |
| 94 | novantaquattro |
| 95 | novantacinque |
| 96 | novantasei |
| 97 | novantasette |
| 98 | novantotto |
| 99 | novantanove |
| 100 | cento |
Counting the thousands
In the unlikely occurrence that you need to learn how to count money in Italian in the thousands, here’s the numbers from 1.000 to 10.000.
| 1,000 | mille |
| 2,000 | duemila |
| 3,000 | tremila |
| 4,000 | quattromila |
| 5,000 | cinquemila |
| 6,000 | seimila |
| 7,000 | settemila |
| 8,000 | ottomila |
| 9,000 | novemila |
| 10,000 | diecimila |
Counting money in Italian – Examples
Let’s now make a few examples using what we have learned.
Sono otto euro.
That’s 8 euros.
Sono dieci euro e ventinove centesimi.
That’s 10 euros and 29 cents.
Sono centotrentadue euro e tredici centesimi.
That’s one hundred and thirty-two euros and thirteen cents.
Sono trecento euro e settanta centesimi.
That’s three hundred euros and 72 cents.
Sono quattromila euro.
That’s 4 thousand euros.
And that’s the end of our lesson on how to count money in Italian! If you still have any doubts, feel free to leave a comment.
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