How do you say Awesome in Italian?
The everyday word is fantastico. For something genuinely grand or awe-inspiring, Italian reaches for grandioso.
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Fantastico!
fahn-TAH-stee-koh
The everyday “awesome”.
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Grandioso!
grahn-DYOH-soh
Grand, magnificent — for something on a big scale.
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Forte!
FOR-teh
Casual “cool!”. Literally “strong”.
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Bellissimo!
bel-LEE-see-moh
“Really beautiful / wonderful”.
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Che figata!
keh fee-GAH-tah
Slang: “how awesome!”. Informal, among friends.
2 translations in Italian
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Grandioso Meraviglioso Figo (student slang)
Human translation Corrado
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I cant guess.. i flunked Italian but impressionante looks right to me....
Human translation Carlos
Use it in a sentence
- That’s awesome!È fantastico!
- You’re awesome! (to a woman)Sei fantastica!
- What an awesome idea.Che idea grandiosa.
- Awesome, thanks!Forte, grazie!
Good to know
Endings agree with what you are describing: fantastico, fantastica, fantastici, fantastiche.
The -issimo ending is Italian’s built-in intensifier: bello → bellissimo, forte → fortissimo.