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The 100 most common adverbs in Italian 🇮🇹

Italian adverbs ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

#	Italian	English	Example
1	non	not
2	come	how
3	anche	also, too, as well, besides
4	molto	much, very much, a lot	A essere onesto, non mi piace molto.I don't like it very much, to be frank.
5	perché	why
6	quando	when
7	così	so
8	sempre	always
9	poi	then
10	dopo	after, later
11	ancora	still
12	già	already, yet	Via MontelloMontello Street
13	quindi	therefore, hence, thus	[...] così s'allenta la ripa che cade ¶ quivi ben ratta da l'altro girone; ¶ ma quinci e quindi l'alta pietra rade.[...] e'en thus attempered is the bank which falls ¶ sheer downward from the second circle there; ¶ but on this side and that the high rock graze.
14	poco	little, not much	Poco allungati c’eravam di lici,quand’io m’accorsi che ’l monte era scemo,a guisa che i vallon li sceman quici.Little had we withdrawn us from that place, when I perceived the mount was hollowed out in fashion as the valleys here are hollowed.
15	mai	never	Una risposta quanto mai ambigua.An ambiguous answer indeed.
16	dove	where, whereabouts
17	oggi	today
18	qualche	some, about	Ascanio fondò Alba Longa, facendone la nuova capitale. E dopo otto generazioni, cioè a dire qualche duecento anni dopo l'arrivo di Enea, due suoi discendenti, Numitore e Amulio, erano ancora sul trono del Lazio.Ascanius founded Alba Longa, making it the new capital. And after eight generations, that is, some two hundred years after Aeneas' arrival, two descendants of his – Numitor and Amulius – were still sitting on the throne of Latium.
19	qui	here
20	meno	less	Se l'abbia scritto o meno rimarrà sempre un segreto.Whether he wrote it or not will always remain a secret.
21	invece	instead, but, whereas, on the contrary
22	contro	against
23	allora	then	Allora ’l cavaleroche ’n sì alto mesteroavea la mente misase n’andò a distesae gísene a ProdezzaThen the knight, with his mind turned to such an elevated mystery, left in a hurry, and went to Prodezza
24	sotto	down
25	forse	maybe, perhaps, possibly, may, might
26	oltre	farther, further, past, by, on
27	quasi	almost, nearly
28	attraverso	transversely
29	infatti	indeed
30	valore	as much as, as many as	Gli agricoltori della Luisiana hanno subito una perdita del valore di 450 milioni di dollari a causa dell'uragano Gustav.Louisiana farmers face lost income of as much as $450 million because of Hurricane Gustav.
31	soprattutto	above all, most, most of all
32	comunque	anyhow, in any case, regardless
33	insieme	together
34	ben	Apocopic form of bene
35	fuori	out, outside
36	circa	about, approximately
37	inoltre	moreover, also, besides, in addition, furthermore	Inoltre, l’aumento significativo di alcuni parametri non è positivo in assoluto.Furthermore, the significant increase in some parameters is not an absolute positive.
38	perchè	Misspelling of perché.
39	cioè	used to rephrase, clarify or correct something previously said, id est, that is, in other words
40	almeno	at least
41	subito	at once, immediately, as soon as possible, shortly
42	dunque	then, afterwards
43	soltanto	only, just, but, alone, merely
44	ormai	by now, by this time, now, at this point, by then
45	presso	nearby, near, close
46	adesso	now
47	sopra	up
48	appena	barely, hardly	Ti si sente appena con tutto questo baccano.I can barely hear you with all this noise.
49	davvero	really, in fact
50	nulla	nothing, anything
51	incontro	towards
52	pur	Apocopic form of pure
53	piuttosto	rather , better , instead	preferirei che venissi venerdì piuttosto che giovedìI would prefer you came on Friday rather than on Thursday
54	ecco	here
55	ecc	Abbreviation of eccetera., etc.
56	davanti	at the front, in front
57	dentro	inside, indoors
58	specie	especially, particularly	Nonostante la sua abilità, Clemens ha avuto poca fama, specie tra i suoi contemporanei.Despite his ability, Clemens had little fame, particularly among his contemporaries.
59	ieri	yesterday
60	infine	finally, in the end, at last, lastly, ultimately
61	direttamente	directly
62	entro	inside
63	dietro	behind, at the back
64	magari	even
65	veramente	really, indeed, actually, truly
66	male	badly, wrongly
67	semplicemente	simply, plainly, plain
68	abbastanza	enough, sufficiently
69	finalmente	at last
70	ovviamente	obviously, evidently, clearly
71	probabilmente	probably, likely, possibly, easily
72	nemmeno	not even
73	completamente	completely, fully
74	insomma	in short, in sum, in a word, in conclusion
75	sicuramente	surely, certainly, definitely, of course
76	naturalmente	naturally, of course, sure
77	assolutamente	absolutely, completely, totally, dead
78	purtroppo	unfortunately, regretfully, regrettably
79	certamente	certainly, definitely, surely, of course
80	addirittura	even	Alcuni addirittura lo accusarono di tradimento.Some even accused him of treason.
81	neanche	neither
82	domani	tomorrow
83	particolarmente	particularly
84	attualmente	currently, now, at present, nowadays, at the moment
85	altrimenti	otherwise, or else
86	assai	very	La musica da camera era assai allegra.The chamber music was very cheerful.
87	facilmente	easily
88	immediatamente	immediately, at once, promptly, right away, forthwith, straight away
89	intanto	in the meantime, meanwhile, while
90	indietro	back, behind, backwards
91	esattamente	exactly, precisely, just
92	qua	here
93	accanto	nearby
94	attorno	around
95	praticamente	practically
96	persino	even, just
97	ove	where
98	affatto	completely
99	esclusivamente	exclusively, only, solely
100	solamente	only, just, but, alone, merely

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