How do you say it in Italian?
Ti odio!
| Pronunciation | |
| Words you should know | Ti (you) + odiare (to hate) |
| When to use this | With 1 person you’re familiar with |
| When NOT to use this | With strangers and groups |
Examples
| Ti odio, Alessandro! Non voglio parlarti mai più! | I hate you, Alessandro! I never want to speak to you again! |
| Ti odio per quello che hai fatto. | I hate you for what you’ve done. |
Are you wondering why the direct object pronoun is placed before the verb? Learn how the direct object pronouns work in Italian.
Odio is the first person singular conjugation of odiare, to hate, in the present tense.
Vi odio!
| Pronunciation | |
| When to use this | With a group of people |
| When NOT to use this | With strangers and 1 person at a time |
In Italian, unlike English, there are two kinds of “you”. There is a singular “you” and then there is a plural “you”. If you are addressing a group, you must conjugate any verb or pronoun accordingly.
The direct object pronoun for the plural form of the subject pronoun “you”, voi, is vi. Therefore, we will say vi odio. The verb doesn’t change, just like in English.
| Vi odio quando fate così, ragazzi. | I hate you guys when you do that. |
La odio!
| Pronunciation | |
| 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.
(If you have trouble understanding the Italian direct object pronouns, read the ultimate guide to them!)
However, I wouldn’t really use this polite form with anyone. It’s so unusual it almost sounds wrong to my ears, and I can’t think of any decent example sentences.
Ti detesto!
Ti detesto, along with its plural and polite forms vi detesto and la detesto, is another way to translate I hate you in Italian. It’s interchangeable with ti odio, but it’s less common.
| Ti detesto | I hate you (singular, informal) | |
| Vi detesto | I hate you (plural) | |
| La detesto | I hate you (singular, polite) |
Detesto comes from the verb detestare, which means to destest or to despise. Here’s its conjugation table in the present tense.
| io | detesto |
| tu | detesti |
| lui, lei | detesta |
| noi | detestiamo |
| voi | detestate |
| loro | detestano |
For example, you can say…
| Detesto i broccoli, hanno un cattivo sapore! | I hate broccoli, it tastes bad! |
| Laura detesta fare il bucato di sera. | Laura hates doing laundry at night. |
| Sara detesta lavarsi i denti. | Sara hates brushing her teeth. |
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