If you are serious about learning Italian, one of the first things you should commit to memory are the numbers from 1 to 100. After all, numbers are important – they allow you to pay for things, tell the time, talk about your age, count sheep as you drift off to sleep, and much more!
Italian numbers from 1 to 10
uno*
one
due
two
tre
three
quattro
four
cinque
five
sei
six
sette
seven
otto
eight
nove
nine
dieci
ten
*When the word uno (one) is used directly before certain masculine singular nouns, it becomes un (e.g. un cane = one dog / a dog). In front of a feminine singular noun, it becomes una (e.g. una casa = one house / a house).
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 1 to 10 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 11 to 20
undici
eleven
dodici
twelve
tredici
thirteen
quattordici
fourteen
quindici
fifteen
sedici
sixteen
diciassette
seventeen
diciotto
eighteen
diciannove
nineteen
venti
twenty
Pay attention to the position of dici (the inflected form of ten). For numbers 11 to 16, it comes at the end of the word. For numbers 17 to 19, it comes at the beginning.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 11 to 20 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 21 to 30
ventuno
twenty-one
ventidue
twenty-two
ventitré*
twenty-three
ventiquattro
twenty-four
venticinque
twenty-five
ventisei
twenty-six
ventisette
twenty-seven
ventotto
twenty-eight
ventinove
twenty-nine
trenta
thirty
*The number ventitré requires an accent on the e even though tre on its own does not have an accent. This is because all Italian words ending with a stressed vowel, from the disyllabic onwards, must always be accented.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 21 to 30 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 31 to 40
trentuno
thirty-one
trentadue
thirty-two
trentatré*
thirty-three
trentaquattro
thirty-four
trentacinque
thirty-five
trentasei
thirty-six
trentasette
thirty-seven
trentotto
thirty-eight
trentanove
thirty-nine
quaranta
forty
*The number trentatré requires an accent on the e for the reason explained in section 21-30.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 31 to 40 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 41 to 50
quarantuno
forty-one
quarantadue
forty-two
quarantatré*
forty-three
quarantaquattro
forty-four
quarantacinque
forty-five
quarantasei
forty-six
quarantasette
forty-seven
quarantotto
forty-eight
quarantanove
forty-nine
cinquanta
fifty
*The number quarantatré requires an accent on the e for the reason explained in section 21-30.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 41 to 50 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 51 to 60
cinquantuno
fifty-one
cinquantadue
fifty-two
cinquantatré*
fifty-three
cinquantaquattro
fifty-four
cinquantacinque
fifty-five
cinquantasei
fifty-six
cinquantasette
fifty-seven
cinquantotto
fifty-eight
cinquantanove
fifty-nine
sessanta
sixty
*The number cinquantatré requires an accent on the e for the reason explained in section 21-30.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 51 to 60 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 61 to 70
sessantuno
sixty-one
sessantadue
sixty-two
sessantatré*
sixty-three
sessantaquattro
sixty-four
sessantacinque
sixty-five
sessantasei
sixty-six
sessantasette
sixty-seven
sessantotto
sixty-eight
sessantanove
sixty-nine
settanta
seventy
*The number sessantatré requires an accent on the e for the reason explained in section 21-30.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 61 to 70 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 71 to 80
settantuno
seventy-one
settantadue
seventy-two
settantatré*
seventy-three
settantaquattro
seventy-four
settantacinque
seventy-five
settantasei
seventy-six
settantasette
seventy-seven
settantotto
seventy-eight
settantanove
seventy-nine
ottanta
eighty
*The number settantatré requires an accent on the e for the reason explained in section 21-30.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 71 to 80 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 81 to 90
ottantuno
eighty-one
ottantadue
eighty-two
ottantatré*
eighty-three
ottantaquattro
eighty-four
ottantacinque
eighty-five
ottantasei
eighty-six
ottantasette
eighty-seven
ottantotto
eighty-eight
ottantanove
eighty-nine
novanta
ninety
*The number ottantatré requires an accent on the e for the reason explained in section 21-30.
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 81 to 90 pronounced by a native speaker.
Italian numbers from 91 to 100
novantuno
ninety-one
novantadue
ninety-two
novantatré*
ninety-three
novantaquattro
ninety-four
novantacinque
ninety-five
novantasei
ninety-six
novantasette
ninety-seven
novantotto
ninety-eight
novantanove
ninety-nine
cento
one hundred
*The number novantatré requires an accent on the e for the reason explained in section 21-30.
If the word cento looks familiar, that is because it is related to the English words cent (one hundredth of a dollar) and century (100 years).
Have a listen to the audio file below to hear the numbers from 91 to 100 pronounced by a native speaker.
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Heather Broster is a graduate with honours in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, proficient in English and Italian, as well as Japanese, Welsh, and French to varying degrees of fluency. Originally from Toronto, Heather has resided in various countries, notably Italy for a period of six years. Her primary focus lies in the fields of language acquisition, education, and bilingual instruction.
