hello

Italian translation: ciao

10:53 Jun 27, 2000

English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: hello

when you want to say hi????

nikki

Italian translation:ciao

Explanation:
if you just mean "Hi!"

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Ilde Grimaldi
Local time: 16:37

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na +2

ciao

Ilde Grimaldi

salve

Mark Bernardini

ciao

Sergio Tezza

Answers

7 mins

salve

Explanation:
1)hello. Salve, salute, ciao; ehi (per attrarre attenzione); pronto (al telefono); ohibò (per esprimere stupore). 2)hi. Ehi, ehilà (per attrarre attenzione); ciao, salve (americano, familiare).

Mark Bernardini
Russian Federation
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 50

11 mins peer agreement (net): +2

ciao

Explanation:
if you just mean "Hi!"

Ilde Grimaldi
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 1558

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21 mins

ciao

Explanation:
however it depends if you have familiarity with the person or not...

If you don't, use: "buongiorno" (good day), etc

Sergio Tezza

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