Italian Numbers: Complete List and Examples

Italian numbers appear in everyday situations right away: saying your age, asking for a price, reading a room number, or giving a simple quantity. Start with the small numbers, then learn the patterns that help you build longer numbers without memorizing every form separately.

Zero to ten

These are the numbers you will use first in basic conversations, shopping, and simple instructions.

• Zero – Zero
• Uno – One
• Due – Two
• Tre – Three
• Quattro – Four
• Cinque – Five
• Sei – Six
• Sette – Seven
• Otto – Eight
• Nove – Nine
• Dieci – Ten

Examples:

• Ho bisogno di un caffè, per favore. (I need one coffee, please.)
• Abbiamo otto minuti prima della lezione. (We have eight minutes before class.)
• Ci sono cinque sedie in cucina. (There are five chairs in the kitchen.)

Eleven to twenty

From eleven to twenty, several Italian forms are short but easy to mix up, so learn them as a group.

• Undici – Eleven
• Dodici – Twelve
• Tredici – Thirteen
• Quattordici – Fourteen
• Quindici – Fifteen
• Sedici – Sixteen
• Diciassette – Seventeen
• Diciotto – Eighteen
• Diciannove – Nineteen
• Venti – Twenty

Examples:

• Mia sorella ha dodici anni. (My sister is twelve years old.)
• Ci sono diciotto persone nel gruppo. (There are eighteen people in the group.)

Tens and large numbers

These words help you talk about prices, dates, addresses, pages, and quantities. For bigger numbers, combine mille, milione, and miliardo with smaller numbers.

• Trenta – Thirty
• Quaranta – Forty
• Cinquanta – Fifty
• Sessanta – Sixty
• Settanta – Seventy
• Ottanta – Eighty
• Novanta – Ninety
• Cento – Hundred
• Duecento – Two hundred
• Cinquecento – Five hundred
• Mille – Thousand
• Duemila – Two thousand
• Cinquemila – Five thousand
• Diecimila – Ten thousand
• Centomila – One hundred thousand
• Un milione – One million
• Un miliardo – One billion

Examples:

• La giacca costa cinquanta dollari. (The jacket costs fifty dollars.)
• Il limite di velocità è settanta miglia all'ora. (The speed limit is seventy miles per hour.)
• La città ha diecimila abitanti. (The city has ten thousand people.)

How to build longer numbers

Italian usually builds longer numbers by joining the parts into one word. Say the larger block first, then add the tens and ones.

For numbers from 21 to 99, the tens often lose the final vowel before uno and otto. This makes the word smoother to say.

• Ventuno – Twenty-one
• Ventotto – Twenty-eight
• Trentacinque – Thirty-five
• Quarantotto – Forty-eight
• Settantadue – Seventy-two
• Novantanove – Ninety-nine

With cento, say the hundreds first and then the rest of the number.

• Cento – One hundred
• Centodue – One hundred two
• Duecentoquindici – Two hundred fifteen
• Trecentocinquanta – Three hundred fifty

With mille, the plural form is mila after another number.

• Mille – One thousand
• Duemila – Two thousand
• Mille trecento – One thousand three hundred
• Duemila quarantotto – Two thousand forty-eight
• Cinquemila seicentonovantanove – Five thousand six hundred ninety-nine

Note: Italian does not use and inside numbers the way English does. Say centodue, not a word-for-word version of “one hundred and two.”

Examples:

• Il mio numero di armadietto è ventuno. (My locker number is twenty-one.)
• La ricetta richiede trentacinque grammi di zucchero. (The recipe needs thirty-five grams of sugar.)
• Il pacco pesa centodue libbre. (The package weighs one hundred two pounds.)
• Il numero del biglietto è duemila quarantotto. (The ticket number is two thousand forty-eight.)

Numbers in real situations

You do not always say numbers alone. They often go with a word that tells you what you are counting: an age, a price, a room, a bus, or a page.

• Numero di telefono – Phone number
• Età – Age
• Prezzo – Price
• Numero di camera – Room number
• Numero dell'autobus – Bus number
• Numero di pagina – Page number
• Anno – Year
• Ora – Time

Examples:

• Ho venti anni. (I am twenty years old.)
• Costa cinque dollari. (It costs five dollars.)
• Ho bisogno di due mele. (I need two apples.)
• La camera otto è a sinistra. (Room eight is on the left.)

Common mistakes

Forgetting the vowel change before uno and otto

Numbers like venti, trenta, and quaranta usually drop the final vowel before uno and otto.

• Ventuno – Twenty-one
• Ventotto – Twenty-eight
• Trentuno – Thirty-one
• Quarantotto – Forty-eight

Using mille when you need mila

Use mille for one thousand, but use mila after another number.

• Mille – One thousand
• Duemila – Two thousand
• Cinquemila – Five thousand

When you learn a new number, attach it to a real use: an age, a price, a page, or a room number. That makes the number easier to remember and easier to use in conversation.