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How do you say "What do you want?" in Italian?
Cosa vuoi?
In Italian, "What do you want?" is Cosa vuoi?.
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Pronunciation
Vuoi sounds like 'VWOY'. One syllable, similar to English 'woy'.
Grammar notes
Vuoi is second person singular of volere. It means both 'want' and 'wish'.
Example sentence
Cosa vuoi per cena?
What do you want for dinner?
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How to remember Cosa vuoi?
Vuoi sounds like 'woy'. Cosa vuoi literally asks 'what do you want'.
Related words
- What is the temperature? Qual è la temperatura?
- What is the weather? Com’è il tempo?
- What is the weather on Friday? Che tempo fa venerdì?
- What is the weather on Saturday? Che tempo fa sabato?
- What is the weather on Sunday? Che tempo fa domenica?
- What is the weather on Thursday? Che tempo fa giovedì?
- What is the weather on Wednesday? Che tempo fa mercoledì?
- When is your birthday? Quand'è il tuo compleanno?
- Why are you here? Perché sei qui?
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Questions about Cosa vuoi?
How do you say "What do you want?" in Italian?
In Italian, "What do you want?" is Cosa vuoi?. It is a noun.
How is Cosa vuoi? written in Italian?
Cosa vuoi? is written using the standard Italian script.
How is Cosa vuoi? used in a sentence?
Use Cosa vuoi? as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Cosa vuoi per cena? (What do you want for dinner?).
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"What do you want?" in other languages
- Japanese 何が欲しいですか？ (nani ga hoshī desu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 하고 싶어요? (mueoseul hago sipeoyo?)
- Chinese 你想要什么? (nǐ xiǎng yào shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué quieres?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué quieres?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu voudrais?
- German Was wünschst du dir?
- Russian Что ты хочешь? (čto ty hočešʹ?)
- Greek Τι θες; (ti thes)
- Arabic أنت عايز إيه؟ (inta Aaeyiz 'ieeh)
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