Italian vocabulary: all the expressions you need to know to wish your friends an amazing birthday!

Do you have an Italian friend and don’t know how to wish him/her a happy birthday?

Well. just keep reading, I have put together some good expressions for you 🙂

• compleanno, il giorno del tuo compleanno ( = birthday, the day of your birthday);
• compiere gli anni ( = have a birthday, turn a certain age);

(Ad esempio: Oggi mio padre compie gli anni. – Today is my father’s birthday. / Oggi mio padre compie 60 anni. – Today my father is turning 60.)

• portare bene / male gli anni ( = to look/ not to look one’s age );

(Ad esempio: Quanti anni hai? 45? Li porti bene!  – How old are you? 45? You look good (for a 45 year old));

• avere molti anni addosso / sulle spalle ( = to be old);
• festeggiare il compleanno ( = to celebrate a birthday);

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• festa di compleanno ( = birthday party);
• torta di compleanno ( = birthday cake);
• regalo di compleanno ( = birthday gift);
• esprimere un desiderio ( = make a wish);
• soffiare sulle candele ( = to blow out the candles);
• brindisi, fare un brindisi ( = toast, to drink a toast);
• tirare le orecchie ( = to pull ears);

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• fare gli auguri ( = to give sb one’s best wishes);
• Tanti auguri! ( = Best wishes!);
• Buon compleanno! ( = Happy Birthday!);
• Auguri di buon compleanno! ( = Wishing you all the best for your birthday!);
• Sinceri auguri di buon compleanno! ( = I sincerely wish you a happy birthday!);
• Cento di questi giorni! ( = Many happy returns (of the day)!)

 

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