Household appliances in Italian
This lesson is all about how to pronounce household appliances in Italian. These days we have a number of household appliances in our homes to make domestic duties easier and quicker.
Look around your kitchen and laundry and you will see just how many electrical time saving devices you have. Now, here is the Italian vocabulary for you to put to those little wonders.
If you look closely at some of the words, you can take a guess at learning a few verbs at the same time. Verbs in Italian tend to end in –are, -ere, and –ire; look at the beginning of the Italian words on the list here and try to guess their accompanying verbs.
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Talking about household appliances in Italian
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La lavatrice
Washing machine
L'asciugatrice
Dryer
La lavastoviglie
Dishwasher
Lo stereo / L’impianto stereo
Stereo
Il computer
Computer
Il forno
Oven
Il fornello
Stove
Il bollitore
Kettle
Il tostapane
Toaster
Il frigorifero
Fridge
Il congelatore
Freezer
Il telefono
Telephone
Il ferro da stiro
Iron
Il forno a microonde / Il microonde
Microwave
Il frullatore
Mixer
La sveglia
Alarm clock
How did you go? Did you guess that “lavare” means to wash; “cuocere al forno” means to bake; “tostare” means to toast; “congelare” means to freeze or that “svegliare” means to wake up?
If you did guess those and others from the list above, then congratulations, you just doubled the vocabulary for this lesson.
lavare
to wash
cuocere al forno
to bake
tostare
to toast
congelare
to freeze
svegliare
to wake up
That's it for this lesson. See you next time! Here are a few recommended Italian lessons to try next!
- Renting a car? Know the parts of your car in Italian.
- Describing the colors in Italian is essential to spice up your conversational skills.
- Break the ice by talking about your hobbies in Italian.
- Got an emergency? I hope not! Learn some Italian medical words just in case!
A presto!
Maria DiLorenzi and the Rocket Italian Team
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