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Italian A1 — Core Words: People, Feelings & Ideas flashcards

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100 of the most frequent Italian A1 words: people and family, body and health, home, work and school, feelings, and talking and thinking, each with an original example sentence and its translation.

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Learn deck · part of Italian A1–A2 · written against: CEFR A1–A2; standard Italian; the vocabulary is 600 of the most frequent everyday words of an OpenSubtitles 2018 frequency list, since no Italian exam publishes a word list. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. il signore / la signora (n.m./n.f.)
    gentleman, man / lady, woman; Mr / Mrs

    Il signor Rossi ripara orologi in una piccola bottega vicino al duomo. — Mr Rossi repairs watches in a small workshop near the cathedral.

    Watch out: Before a name signore drops its final e: il signor Bianchi. Speaking to someone, leave out the article: Buongiorno, signora!
    People & family
  2. morire (v.) (io muoio, noi moriamo)
    to die (passato prossimo: è morto/a)

    Senza acqua, le piante muoiono. — Without water, plants die.

    Note: morire di is a common exaggeration: Muoio di fame! = I'm starving! Present: muoio, muori, muore, moriamo, morite, muoiono.
    People & family
  3. la mano (n.f.)
    hand (pl. le mani)

    Con la mano destra ingessata non posso guidare per un mese. — With my right hand in plaster I can't drive for a month.

    Watch out: It ends in -o but is feminine: la mano, una mano. dare una mano = to lend a hand.
    Body & health
  4. la testa (n.f.)
    head

    Matteo ha mal di testa dopo due ore di videogiochi. — Matteo has a headache after two hours of video games.

    Note: The same pattern gives mal di denti (toothache) and mal di pancia (stomach ache).
    Body & health
  5. il piano (n.m.)
    floor, storey (of a building); plan; piano

    Giada abita all'ultimo piano e dal balcone vede il porto. — Giada lives on the top floor and can see the harbour from the balcony.

    Note: As an adverb piano means slowly or softly: Vai piano! = Slow down! il piano terra = the ground floor.
    Home & daily life
  6. la stanza (n.f.)
    room

    Nella nuova casa di Pietro ogni stanza ha un colore diverso. — In Pietro's new house every room is a different colour.

    Watch out: la stanza is any room; la camera is usually a bedroom or a hotel room.
    Home & daily life
  7. il capo (n.m.)
    boss; head, leader

    Oggi il capo non è in ufficio. — The boss isn't in the office today.

    Note: da capo = from the beginning: Ricominciamo da capo = Let's start again from the top.
    Work & study
  8. la scuola (n.f.)
    school

    Mio figlio va a scuola con lo zaino del fratello. — My son goes to school with his brother's rucksack.

    Watch out: a scuola (to / at school) takes no article. la scuola media = middle school; il liceo = high school.
    Work & study
  9. dispiacere (v.) (mi dispiace, ti dispiace)
    to be sorry; to mind (passato prossimo: mi è dispiaciuto)

    Ti dispiace se porto anche mio fratello alla tua festa? — Do you mind if I bring my brother to your party too?

    Watch out: It works like piacere: mi dispiace = I'm sorry (literally it displeases me); Ti dispiace…? = Do you mind…?
    Feelings & character
  10. pensare (v.) (io penso, noi pensiamo)
    to think

    In vacanza non penso mai al lavoro. — On holiday I never think about work.

    Watch out: Think about = pensare a; think of doing = pensare di. Penso di sì = I think so.
    Talking & thinking

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  • Word selection follows a frequency list of Italian content words (OpenSubtitles 2018 via hermitdave/FrequencyWords: word lists CC BY-SA 4.0, code MIT; lemmas by simplemma), cleaned by hand and banded to A1 by rank, with days, months, seasons and numbers added as a fixed group; meanings, gender and plurals checked against the Treccani and Garzanti online dictionaries. Reference only; all example sentences are original.

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