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Italian first words and phrases for toddlers

1,000+ illustrated words and 500+ everyday phrases in Italian, each one spoken by a woman and a man, both native Italian voices — so you can hear it before you say it. Ages 0–5. Free to start.

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PhraseFree card

Ti voglio bene.

“I love you.” · Me & My People

A child kissing a parent’s cheek — the illustration on the Ti voglio bene card

Hear it in Italian

Both clips are the app’s own audio, copied straight from the bundle. Tap one, then say it yourself — that second part is the one that counts.

1,000+illustrated words
500+everyday phrases
3,094Italian clips, bundled
2native voices per card

The phrases library

Say these today.

Eight real cards from the free set, grouped by the moment they belong to. The Italian is exactly what the app shows; the English underneath is for you. Tap a voice, then say it out loud to your child — that is the whole method.

Mealtime

  • Ancora, per favore.

    “More, please.”

    I Want & I Need

  • Ho finito.

    “All done.”

    No, Stop & All Done

Bedtime

  • Buonanotte, dormi bene.

    “Good night, sleep tight.”

    Talk With Me

  • Ho paura del buio.

    “I'm afraid of the dark.”

    How I Feel

Playtime

  • Dov'è finito?

    “Where did it go?”

    Where Things Go

  • Eccoti!

    “There you are!”

    Where Things Go

Big Feelings

  • Sono triste.

    “I'm sad.”

    How I Feel

  • Sono arrabbiata!

    “I'm mad!”

    How I Feel

The words library

First words, in three stages.

The word library is 1,000+ illustrated cards across three stages you pick for your child. Here are twenty-four of them in Italian — the twelve with pictures are free; press a voice.

First Words 0–24 months

Free — picture, Italian word, both voices.

  • milk — the illustration on the latte card

    latte

    milk

    Food & Drink

  • dog — the illustration on the cane card

    cane

    dog

    Animals

  • mama — the illustration on the mamma card

    mamma

    mama

    People

  • ball — the illustration on the palla card

    palla

    ball

    Toys

Also in this stage, in the full library

  • acqua

    water

    Food & Drink

  • mela

    apple

    Food & Drink

  • luna

    moon

    Nature & Weather

  • uccello

    bird

    Animals

Growing Words 2–3 years

Free — picture, Italian word, both voices.

  • rainbow — the illustration on the arcobaleno card

    arcobaleno

    rainbow

    Nature & Weather

  • penguin — the illustration on the pinguino card

    pinguino

    penguin

    Animals

  • castle — the illustration on the castello card

    castello

    castle

    Places

  • jump — the illustration on the saltare card

    saltare

    jump

    Actions

Also in this stage, in the full library

  • scuola

    school

    Places

  • condividere

    share

    Actions

  • dottoressa

    doctor

    People

  • lavarsi le mani

    wash hands

    Actions

Word Builder 3–5 years

Free — picture, Italian word, both voices.

  • astronaut — the illustration on the astronauta card

    astronauta

    astronaut

    People

  • volcano — the illustration on the vulcano card

    vulcano

    volcano

    Nature & Weather

  • flashlight — the illustration on the torcia card

    torcia

    flashlight

    Home

  • peacock — the illustration on the pavone card

    pavone

    peacock

    Animals

Also in this stage, in the full library

  • colibrì

    hummingbird

    Animals

  • sirena

    mermaid

    People

  • coraggioso

    brave

    Feelings

  • festeggiare

    celebrate

    Actions

The whole library, not a smaller edition

What’s inside for Italian.

  • 1,000+ words in 16 categories — Animals, Food & Drink, Body, Home, Clothes, Toys, Vehicles, Nature & Weather, Places, People, Actions, Colors, Numbers, Shapes, Feelings, and Everyday Words.
  • Three age stages — First Words (0–24 months), Growing Words (2–3 years), Word Builder (3–5 years). You choose; the app never quietly moves your child on.
  • 500+ phrases in 9 themes — I Want & I Need, No, Stop & All Done, Look at This!, What’s Happening, Where Things Go, Me & My People, Let’s Play Together, How I Feel, and Talk With Me.
  • 3,094 Italian clips — a woman’s and a man’s native voice on every word and every phrase, all bundled in the app so nothing needs a signal.
  • Italian comes with the other seven — English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Korean and Russian are in the same app, at the same one price. Switch language on the card itself, without losing your place.
  • 75 words and 35 phrases free, forever — 25 words for each stage, all in Italian, with both voices and their pictures.

Straight from the catalog

How the Italian is written.

  • Ti voglio bene, not ti amo. The “I love you” card says Ti voglio bene — the thing a parent says to a child and a child says back — not the ti amo of films. Where Italian has a family word and a dictionary word, the card has the family word.
  • The word follows the picture. Italian adjectives agree with who is speaking, so the card showing a girl reads Sono arrabbiata! and Sono stanca, while a card about a boy reads arrabbiato. The feelings cards do the same: timida, imbarazzata, coraggioso, orgoglioso, each matching its picture. When you say it about your own child, change the ending to fit them — the app is handing you the sentence, not correcting your version of it.
  • No article on the word card. The card says cane, latte, arcobaleno — none of the 1,021 cards begins with il, la or un. The picture already says which thing it is, and the article changes with the sentence, so it lives in the phrases library instead.
  • Per favore, twenty-five times. Ancora, per favore. — 25 phrases carry per favore, and they are the child’s lines. The cards teach the asking as a whole sentence, the way it is actually said at the table.
  • Mamma, papà, nonna, nonno. The people cards use the names a child says. The doctor on the card is a woman, so the card says dottoressa; the reflexive stays on the verb cards where Italian keeps it, lavarsi le mani.
  • Two Italian voices, on every card. Every word and every phrase is spoken twice — in a woman’s native Italian voice and in a man’s — and both live in the app at no extra cost. Italian is the newest of the eight and arrived complete: every word, every phrase, both voices.

Why most families open these cards

For nonna e nonno.

For a lot of families the Italian cards are about one person: a grandmother in Puglia, a nonno who calls on Sunday, an aunt who visits in August. The video call comes, and the child has a wave and nothing to say into it. Over time the calls get shorter.

Three or four things a child can produce on cue change that call: Ciao, nonna!, Ti voglio bene, the name of the dog. Nobody on that call is counting vocabulary. They are noticing that the child turned toward the voice and answered in its language.

It works in the other direction too. Show the grandparent the card, let them say arcobaleno into the phone in their own Italian, and let your child hear a voice they love saying it. The app is the prompt; the family is the point. With up to four child profiles, an older sibling and a baby keep their own lists.

Questions parents ask

Italian questions.

Why does the card say Ti voglio bene and not Ti amo?

Because that is what Italian families say. Ti voglio bene is the love between a parent and a child, grandparents and grandchildren, close friends; ti amo is for partners. The card carries the sentence a child will hear at home and say back.

Is Italian included in the free version?

Yes. The free set is 75 words and 35 phrases, and it is the same in every one of the eight languages, with both voices. No account, no trial clock, no ads. Italian is never the paid add-on; the one $9.99 purchase opens the rest of both libraries in all eight languages at once.

We speak Italian and English at home. Can the app do both?

Yes. Language is set per child profile, and you can switch it from the language pill without leaving the card, so the same picture can be latte and then milk. You can keep up to four child profiles, each with its own language and its own progress.

Everything else — teaching a language you don’t speak, screen time for a baby, what the $9.99 unlocks — is answered on the FAQ.

Simple Words, Special Moments

Start with one word.

75 words and 35 phrases are free, forever — in Italian, with both voices. One $9.99 purchase opens the rest of the 1,000+ words and 500+ phrases, in all eight languages at once. No subscription, nothing renews.

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No ads, ever Private by design Works offline No account needed Up to 4 children iPhone, iPad, and Android

On Apple, the purchase is set up for Family Sharing. Google Play has no in‑app‑purchase family sharing, so on Android it stays with the account that bought it.

Same app, same card

More languages.

Italian sits alongside seven others in the same app, on the same card. If your family runs on two of them, both are already here.