To seal a deal in Italian

How do you translate the expression to seal a deal in Italian?

In this lesson we’ll take a look at this very expression, also known as collocation, and will even talk about making deals in Italy and what words you are likely to hear when making business in the country.

Let’s go! Iniziamo!

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To seal a deal in Italian

First things first, let’s translate to seal a deal in Italian.

You can also make a deal (this expression is most commonly used in colloquial speech).

In business language, you can also find:

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To seal a deal in Italian – Let’s break this up!

Stringere un patto literally means to squeeze a deal.

Stringere
To squeeze, to press

Un patto
A deal

Stringere

Stringere is a verb of the second -ere group. Its indicativo presente conjugation is as follows.

io	stringo
tu	stringi
lui, lei	stringe
noi	stringiamo
voi	stringete
loro	stringono

You will commonly find stringere with these words:

Stringere la mano
To shake hands

Stringere a sé
To hold tightly to oneself

For example, you could say:

Prima di andare via, ci stringiamo la mano.
Before we leave, we shake hands.

Marco stringe Elena a sé.
Marco holds Elena close to him.

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Patto

Patto is a masculine noun. It is often followed by an adjective or by the preposition di, meaning of, and a noun.

Avevamo un patto, ricordi?
We had a deal, remember?

In business Italian, when you do business (fare affari) with people, you will likely hear…

Patto di non aggressione
Non-aggression pact

Patto di collaborazione
Collaboration deal

Sometimes, patto may be replaced with accordo. They mean the same thing and they are both commonly used, but accordo is preferred by the press and politicians because it’s more polite.

You’ll find accordo in the Italian expression essere d’accordo, to agree, which can be literally translated as “to be in agreement”.

When reading the newspaper, you will sometimes see…

Accordo commerciale
Business deal

Accordo politico
Political agreement

Accordo economico
Financial agreement

Accordo di pace
Peace agreement

For example, you could say:

L’accordo di pace tra le due nazioni è saltato.
The peace agreement between the two nations is off.

Il governo chiede un accordo politico.
The government calls for a political agreement.

It’s common for people who do business to shake hands. A handshake in Italian is called stretta di mano, “grasp of hand”. It may be that you will need to sign (firmare) a paper (un foglio).

Firmi qui, per favore.
Please sign here.

Also, “deal” doesn’t always translate with patto in Italian. For example, how would you say what’s the big deal in Italian?

Qual è il problema?
What’s the big deal?

Non è un problema.
It’s no big deal.

Literally, what is the problem? and it is not a problem.

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To seal a deal in Italian – Examples

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