How exactly do you say have a good day in Italian?
In this lesson, we’ll take a look at the different ways you can translate this sentence, depending on who you’re talking to. Read on to learn them all!
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How do you say have a good day in Italian?
Buona giornata!
Buona giornata is how you most commonly wish for someone to have a good day in Italian as a farewell greeting.
Buona giornata!
Have a good day!
If you know anything about Italian, you know that buono means good. So why did we change its final -o to -a here? Because giornata is a feminine noun. All adjectives in Italian are the same gender and number as the noun they are describing.
Buona giornata, Paolo! Divertiti al luna park!
Have a good day, Paolo! Have fun at the amusement park!
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Now let’s see another way to translate have a good day in Italian.
Passa una buona giornata
You can also say passa una buona giornata, which literally means spend a good/nice day in Italian. This is appropriate to use with a person you are on familiar terms with.
Passa una buona giornata!
Have a nice day!
(Spend a nice day, singular)
This expression uses the verb passare, which can mean to pass or to spend.
You can use passate una buona giornata to wish a group of people a good day in Italian.
Passate una buona giornata!
Have a nice day!
(Spend a nice day, plural)
Finally, you can say passi una buona giornata in polite situations, such as when saying goodbye to a cashier at the supermarket.
Passi una buona giornata!
Have a nice day!
(Spend a nice day, polite)
To spend, as in to spend some time, can also be translated with the verb trascorrere, but you will rarely hear something like trascorri una buona giornata for translating have a nice day in Italian. It’s clunky and a bit formal, so its use is usually limited to very polite situations:
Trascorra una buona giornata!
Have a good day!
(Spend a nice day, very polite)
If you want to wish someone to have a good evening instead, say buona serata (have a nice evening). Of course, forms like passa or passate una buona serata are also perfectly valid! After 6 p.m. when the sun goes down, it’s common to talk about serata.
Passa una buona serata!
Have a nice evening!
(Spend a nice evening, informal)
Finally, if you want to reciprocate the wish, you can say:
Grazie, buona giornata anche a te/voi/lei!
Thank you, have a nice day too!
(informal, plural, polite)
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And that’s it, now you know how to say have a good day in Italian in all its forms!
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