you know there is a Estimated 450,000 words In Italian?While this may seem like an insurmountably large number, language learners can rest easy: According to Research by Italian linguist Tulio de Mauroof which only 7,000 words are used in 98% of everyday conversations, and only 2,000 words make up its core vocabulary.
If you’re the type who likes to learn new vocabulary alphabetically, we encourage you to download and review this list of 180 Italian words that begin with “A.” We’ve personally selected the nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections that we consider to be the most important to add to your dictionary. As always, let us know in the comments below if you feel we’ve forgotten a basic term!
66 Italian nouns that begin with “A”
Nouns make up the bulk of the language and in my experience the following Italian nouns beginning with A are definitely used a lot!
set – masculine
suit/dress
water – feminine
water
mutton – masculine
mutton
August – masculine
August
swing – feminine
swing
Amore – masculine
like
ring – masculine
ring
Anno – masculine
Year
ape – feminine
bee
orange – feminine
orange
silver – masculine
silver
until – feminine
Art
actor – Male Female
actor
author / author – Male Female
author
Embrace – masculine
Embrace
ability – feminine
ability
mechanism – feminine
Institution/Branch
alba – feminine
dawn
aperitif – masculine
aperitif
reserve – masculine
reserve
Aquila – feminine
eagle
Wardrobe – masculine
wardrobe / closet
I wait – masculine
appearance
attention – feminine
attention
hope – masculine
hope/greetings
action – feminine
action
trade – masculine
Affair/Business Transaction
wing – feminine
wing
moment – masculine
moment
animation – masculine
animal
letter – masculine
letter
comfortable – masculine
easy/comfortable
lobster – feminine
lobster
vinegar – masculine
vinegar
help – masculine
help / assistance
airplane – masculine
airplane
Tree – masculine
Tree
friend – Male Female
friend
Duck – feminine
Duck
watermelon – feminine
watermelon
apartment – masculine
apartment
April – masculine
April
rainbow – masculine
rainbow
aria – feminine
Air
armpit – feminine
armpit
car – feminine
car
artist – Male Female
artist
Habit – feminine
Habits/customs
AIRPORT – masculine
AIRPORT
high – feminine
high
progress – masculine
early / early
appetizer – masculine
appetizers / appetizers
eagle – masculine
Kite
theme – masculine
topic/argument
thing – masculine
article
wait – feminine
wait
manner – masculine
Behavior
highway – feminine
highway
Buy – masculine
Buy
environment – masculine
environment/space
apricot – feminine
apricot
garlic – masculine
garlic
donkey – masculine
donkey
Crocodile – masculine
Crocodile
anchovies – feminine
anchovies
rent – masculine
rent
56 Italian Verbs Beginning with A
Next comes the verbs. By learning half of these Italian verbs that start with A, you’ll be well on your way to having clear conversations with the Italian speaker in your life!
rent
rent
like
to love
Open
Open
arrive
arrive
wait / look forward to
wait / look forward to
attract
attract
method
close to
reduce
reduce
Notice
realized
Add to
plus
tension
extend
delete
Cancel
elaborate
Deepen/Drill
dry
dry out
Open
Open
Habit
Habit
study
hang
fall asleep
fall asleep
caress
caress
get
Buy
worship
worship
more and more boring
feel bored
use
use
get up
stand up / get up
smell
Smell it
taste
to try
land
landing
start up
start / launch
help
help
admit
admit
go
go
listen
listen
attack
attack/attach
have
have
live in
live/reside
accompany
accompany
accept
accept
persist in
persist in
assist
assist/participate
promote
propose/do in advance
Increase
Increase
warn
warn
Appear
Appear
support
support/tilt
drive away
move away
give up
give up
Tie
make up/attach
welcome
welcome
renew
renew
appreciate
appreciate
make sure; sure
make sure; sure
I got sick
I got sick
to climb
the climb
angry
angry
look like
look like/similar
attract
attract
46 Italian adjectives/adverbs beginning with A
If you want to add some polish to your speech, it’s important to learn a basic set of Italian adjectives and adverbs. Here are the ones we recommend starting with A!
enough
enough
skilled
skilled
then
so/then/okay
alto
High
return
return
immediately
as soon as possible / just / barely
adequate
Wide
silver
silver
certainly
certainly
careful
Careful / Careful
sour
sour
got used to
get used to
Australian
Australian
Suitable
suitable
Excited
tense/uneasy/wavering
amaro
bitter
Now
Now
charming
charming
anxious
anxious
fundamental
absolutely / not at all
Open
Open
born
born
unfriendly
meaning is
Now
Now
any
no/some/some
At least
At least
other
another / different
still
again / still / still
precisely
Exactly
orange
orange
absolutely
absolutely
Passionate
Passionate
Avanti
First
sky blue
light blue/sky blue
American style
American
real
even / really
reliable
trustworthy
Similarly
and/likewise
angry
angry
dry
dry
arrogant
arrogant
sticky
slimy
somewhere else
Elsewhere/Elsewhere
tip
pointy
sharp
sharp
hungry
starve
12 Italian conjunctions/prepositions/interjections starting with A
Last but not least, we have Italian conjunctions, prepositions and interjections, all of which play an important role in making our speech feel natural as local as possible. Admittedly, there aren’t many that start with A, but the ones that do exist are worth remembering.
A
to/at/at
instead of
instead of/instead of
Exceed
Exceed
otherwise
otherwise
exist
above
ACCIDENT
damn / wow
on the contrary
actually/quite
so that
so that
well
alas / dear me
pass
pass
Business
Ouch
pit
Oh my goodness
20 Popular Italian Names That Begin With “A”
Okay, okay, who doesn’t love some bonus content?Here we have twenty popular male and female italian name Start with the letter A. Is your name on this list?
Alessio
Antonio
alessandro
Alberto
Angelo
Aurelio
Adriano
armando
Alfredo
Amedeo
Alessia
antonia
Alexandra
Amanda
Allegra
amelia
Antonella
aurora
Adele
anna
