How do you say areyou married in Italian?
Sei sposato? Sei sposata?
| Words you should know | Essere (to be) + sposato (married) |
| When to use this | With 1 person you’re familiar with |
| When NOT to use this | With strangers (doh!) and groups |
Sei sposato?
Are you married?
(singular, informal, masculine)
Sei sposata?
Are you married?
(singular, informal, feminine)
The reason why there are two forms of the adjective “married” is that, unlike English, Italian has two genders: masculine and feminine.
All nouns and adjectives must agree with this gender. So if you’re talking to a man, you will use sposato, because that’s the masculine adjective. If you’re talking to a woman, you will use sposata, because that’s the feminine form of the adjective.
Sei sposata, Stefania? Hai figli?
Are you married, Stefania? Do you have children?
Sei sposato, Luca? Vedo che hai una fede al dito!
Are you married, Luca? I see you have a wedding ring on your finger!
Siete sposati? Siete sposate?
| When to use this | With a group of people |
| When NOT to use this | With strangers (doh!) and 1 person at a time |
Siete sposati?
Are you married?
(plural, masculine)
Siete sposate?
Are you married?
(plural, feminine)
In Italian, unlike English, there are two kinds of “you”. There’s a singular “you” and then there’s a plural “you”. If you are talking to a group, you will need to conjugate any verb or pronoun accordingly, and don’t forget the gender!
As said, we’ll also have to change the gender of the adjective itself to make it plural:
- sposati, masculine plural
- sposate, feminine plural
There’s another caveat here.
You will use the masculine form of the adjective if there’s at least one male person in the group you are talking to.
If there are only women in the group, then use the female form of the adjective.
Giorgio, Andrea, siete sposati?
Giorgio, Andrea, are you married?
Carla, Sandra, siete sposate?
Carla, Sandra, are you married?
È sposato? È sposata?
| When to use this | With 1 person you’re NOT familiar with |
| When NOT to use this | With friends, family and groups |
When speaking formally, Italians address each other with the subject “she”, lei. Use Lei in the written form if you want to be very polite.
È sposato?
Are you married?
(singular, polite, masculine)
È sposata?
Are you married?
(singular, polite, feminine)
For example, you can ask…
Lei è sposato, signor Franchi?
Are you married, Mr. Franchi?
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