Welcome home!

How do you say it in Italian?

Benvenuto/a a casa!

Words you should know	Bene (well) + venuto (come)
When to use this	With 1 person you’re familiar with
When NOT to use this	With groups

The reason why there are two forms of the adjective “welcome” is that, unlike English, Italian has two genders: masculine and feminine:

• if you are addressing a man, say benvenuto
• if you are addressing a woman, say benvenuta

For example, you can say…

Benvenuto nella tua nuova casa, micio!
Welcome to your new home, kitty!

Benvenuti/e a casa!

Benvenuti a casa or benvenute a casa are how you say welcome home in Italian for addressing more than one 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’re speaking to a group, you’ll need to conjugate any verb or pronoun accordingly, and don’t forget the gender!

Yet again, you will have to change the article according to the gender of the people you are talking to:

• if you are addressing some men or a mixed group of both men and women, say benvenuti
• if you are addressing women only, say benvenute

For example, you can say…

Benvenute a casa, Grazia e Paola!
Welcome home, Grazia and Paola!

Bentornato/a! Bentornati/e!

While benvenuto and all its variant literally means ben venuto, “well come”, from the verb venire, “to come”, bentornato (and all its variants as well) literally means ben tornato, “well come back”. Tornare is an Italian verb that translates to the English verb “to come back”.

So, if you want to welcome your friends back after a long journey, it’s actually more common to greet them with a bentornato instead of a benvenuto, which you will more commonly use when people first come to visit you and your home.

As for, benvenuto a casa, there are four different variants depending on the number and gender of the people you are talking to.

Bentornato a casa! Com’è andato il viaggio?
Welcome back home! How was your trip?

Of course, you can also simply say benvenuto! or bentornato, translating “welcome” and “welcome back”!

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