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How to say it when you go shopping in Milan


Milan is the high-end fashion shopper's paradise. It is, after all, the venue for the biggest seasonal Fashion Week in Italy. Milan is home to the longest shopping street in Europe, the Corso Buenos Aires, and tons of boutiques and designer emporia to feast your eyes on (if not your wallet). Hint, when you're done window shopping in the summer, try a gelato. 

A few travel phrases that I have put together to help you understand and be understood by locals when shopping in Milan: 

shopping = lo shopping / gli acquisti
buy / to buy = acquistare / comprare
I want to buy = Voglio comprare
I want to go shopping = Voglio fare acquisti / Voglio andare a fare shopping.
pay / to pay / payment = paga / pagare / pagamento
store / shop = il negozio / la bottega
department store = il grande magazzino
cash / money =  i contanti / la moneta
credit card = la carta di credito
convenience store = minimarket
market = il mercato / il commercio
book/s = il libro
clothes = i vestiti / il abbigliamento
shoes = le scarpe
souvenir / gift i souvenir / lo recordo / il regalo
food = il cibo / il mangiare
drink = i drink / la bevanda
cheap = a buon mercato / da pochi soldi
expensive = caro / costoso
fitting room = il camerino di prova
cashier = il cassiere
sell / to sell = vendere / a vendere
discount = lo sconto / la riduzione
price = il prezzo
refund =  il rimborso
exchange = lo scambio

Where is the shopping area? Dove si trova la zona di shopping?
I'm just looking. Sto solo guardando.
Do you have...? Hai...? / Avete...?
Please help me find... Per favore aiutami a trovare ...
I need... Ho bisogno...
Can I look at it? Posso guardare?
What sizes do you have? Quali sono le dimensioni avete?
What other colors? Quali altri colori?
I want to try it. Voglio provare.
It fits well. Va bene.
It doesn't fit. E non va bene.
It's okay. It's good. Va bene.
How much? Quanto?
Is there any discount? C'è qualche sconto?
I like it. Mi piace.
I will buy it. Lo comprerò.
Where can I pay? Dove posso pagare?
Thank you! Grazie!
You're welcome. Prego.

Marie Puddu is a Contributing WikiTravel Editor. She's on Twitter @GlobalGuideInfo

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