How do you say safe travels in Italian?
Fai buon viaggio!
| Words you should know | Fare (to do) + buon (good) + viaggio (trip) |
| When to use this | With 1 person you’re familiar with |
| When NOT to use this | With strangers and groups |
Fai buon viaggio!
Safe travels! (singular, informal)
For example:
Ti chiamo non appena arrivo all’aeroporto. – Fai buon viaggio!
I’ll call you as soon as I’m at the airport. – Safe travels!
Mi raccomando, guida con prudenza. Fai buon viaggio!
Be sure to drive safely. Have a safe trip!
You can’t translate safe travels literally. You can’t say “viaggi sicuri” if you want to wish someone a safe journey. If you use an online translator, the result will be “viaggi sicuri”, but this is completely out of context because you are literally saying “safe travels” in Italian, not intended as a wish.
Fai can be shortened to fa’, with an apostrophe (never as fà, that’s a common mistake made by students and some locals!). It’s the second-person imperative of the verb fare, which means “to do”.
We have buon viaggio, which literally means “good journey”. You can actually use buon viaggio! just as an exclamation to translate the English sentence “have a good trip”.
Fate buon viaggio!
| When to use this | With a group of people |
| When NOT to use this | With 1 person at a time |
Fate buon viaggio!
Safe travels (plural)
In Italian, unlike English, there are two kinds of “you”. There is a singular “you” and then there is a plural “you”. If you’re speaking to a group, you’ll need to conjugate any verb or pronoun accordingly.
Fate buon viaggio! Chiamatemi se ci sono problemi.
Safe travels! Call me if there are any problems.
Partiremo domani per Nizza. – Fate buon viaggio!
We will leave tomorrow for Nice. – Have a safe trip!
Faccia buon viaggio!
| 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.
Faccia buon viaggio!
Safe travels! (polite)
For example:
Faccia buon viaggio, dottore!
Have a safe journey, doctor!
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