let us eat

Italian translation: Andiamo a mangiare!

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English term or phrase:	let us eat
Italian translation:	Andiamo a mangiare!
Entered by:	Rosalba Sorrentino

11:48 Jun 21, 2001

English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: let us eat

I want to use it as an exclamation...Let's eat!

lori

Andiamo a mangiare!

Explanation:
just an other idea!

hope it helps! :)

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Rosalba Sorrentino
Local time: 03:23

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na +2

Andiamo a mangiare!

Rosalba Sorrentino

na +1

Si mangia!

Gianni Pastore

Mangiamo adesso (let's eat now)

Albert Golub

Vogliamo mangiare?

Angela Arnone

Buon appetito/Andiamo a tavola

CLS Lexi-tech

several possibilities according to situation:

Roberta Anderson

Ci mangiamo!

zeina01

Answers

6 mins

Mangiamo adesso (let's eat now)

Explanation:
good luck

Albert Golub
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 139

46 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Andiamo a mangiare!

Explanation:
just an other idea!

hope it helps! :)

Rosalba

Rosalba Sorrentino
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 47

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1 hr

Vogliamo mangiare?

Explanation:
Literally an invitation or exclamation, as you say.
Angela

Angela Arnone
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 2638

2 hrs

Buon appetito/Andiamo a tavola

Explanation:
Obviously mine is not a literal translation, but if your exclamation is to be used when you are sitting at the table, as a signal for people to start eating, then Buon Appetito is the thing to say. English does not have an exclamation to translate Buon Appetito (Bon Appetit in French) and so sometimes people say "enjoy", "let's eat".
If you are sitting up and you want to invite your guests to sit down at the table for the meal, then you can say "andiamo a tavola" or "andiamo a mangiare".
This is are deceivingly simple expressions which have to take into account a lot of non verbal clues and context.

Buon appetito

Paola

CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 21:23
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 2228

10 hrs

several possibilities according to situation:

Explanation:
- Buon appetito! (see Paola's response too)
- Diamoci dentro! or: Sotto!(much more colloquial, a bit like Let's dig in!)
- A tavola! (the meal is served! typically, mother calling kids/family)
- Andiamo a mangiare! (let's go and eat)
- Che ne dici di mangiare? (how about eating? more like an invitation)
... and there could be more!

Roberta Anderson
Italy
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 2147

12 hrs

Ci mangiamo!

Explanation:
..

zeina01
Local time: 04:23

12 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

Si mangia!

Explanation:
Mi sto facendo un panino...
Gianni

Gianni Pastore
Italy
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in pair: 2825

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