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Buenos días
Buongiorno
¿Cuánto cuesta?
Quanto costa?
¿Dónde está…?
Dov'è…?
An anagrafe counter in a small comune, a pharmacy near Termini in Rome, a letting agency in Milan: each runs on details you can't afford to half-understand, from certificates and surnames to doses and deposits. Mingle turns your spoken Spanish into Italian captions and a natural Italian voice as you talk, in the browser of the phone you already carry. A session runs in one direction, from your Spanish into Italian. When the other person answers, tap swap in the language menu: that ends the session, clears the captions and opens a new one from Italian into Spanish, and you tap the mic again. Nobody installs anything, and you can start as a guest.
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Real-time Translation
Instant captions as you speak.
Natural Voice Output
Hear Italian naturally with read-aloud.
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Perfect for real conversations
This guide is for Spanish speakers, from Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Bogotá, Madrid or anywhere else, who need to be understood in Italian. The trap with this pair is closeness. Italian looks and sounds familiar, so both people assume they follow each other, smile, and move on. The shared caption screen is how you find out whether they really did.
The anagrafe counter in a small comune
You have moved from Montevideo to the town your great-grandfather left, and before the comune will even look at a citizenship request you must be registered there as a resident, in person. Explain in Spanish where you live and which certificates you brought; the clerk reads Italian captions. A 2025 law narrowed who qualifies, so let the office say what applies to you: tap swap in the language menu, tap the mic again, and read the clerk's list of documents in Spanish. Before anything is typed, say which of your two surnames goes in the cognome box and check it on screen.
The pharmacy near Termini in Rome
You flew in from Seville with a sore throat and a fever. Describe it in Spanish and the pharmacist hears full Italian sentences instead of guessed cognates. Then swap the session and read the instructions in Spanish: how many tablets, how many times a day, and whether to take them with food. Turn on read-aloud in one earbud if the shop is noisy, and compare the number on the caption with the one on the box.
The letting agency in Milan
You are a Colombian engineer starting a job in Milan. In Spanish you ask the agent about the rent, the deposit and the date you can move in. The agent asks for your codice fiscale, so read the 16 characters back from the caption one by one. Swap to read the agent's answer in Spanish, and remember that Italian prices use a decimal comma: 1.150,00 € means one thousand one hundred fifty euros, not one euro and change.
Clear Captions
Clean, accurate Italian captions as you speak.
Conversational Speed
Keeps up with natural real-world dialogue.
Read-Aloud Support
Hear Italian naturally when you need to.
Phrasebook
Handy Phrases
Common Spanish–Italian phrases, ready to hear out loud.
| Listen | Italian | Spanish |
|---|---|---|
| Buongiornobwon-JOR-noh | Buenos días | |
| Quanto costa?KWAHN-toh KOS-tah | ¿Cuánto cuesta? | |
| Dov'è…?doh-VEH | ¿Dónde está…? | |
| Grazie milleGRAHT-tsyeh MEEL-leh | Muchas gracias | |
| Il mio nome completo è…eel MEE-oh NOH-meh kom-PLEH-toh EH | Mi nombre completo es… | |
| Ho due cognomioh DOO-eh koh-NYOH-mee | Tengo dos apellidos | |
| Ho mal di golaoh MAHL dee GOH-lah | Me duele la garganta | |
| Può ripetere più lentamente, per favore?PWOH ree-PEH-teh-reh PYOO len-tah-MEN-teh, pehr fah-VOH-reh | ¿Me lo puede repetir más despacio? |
Start in three steps
- 01
Pick two languages
Languages are already set to Spanish → Italian — swap them anytime.
- 02
Tap the mic and allow access
One browser permission. No account required to start.
- 03
Just talk
Words appear as live captions and — with Read Aloud on — are spoken into your earbuds as natural voice, while your phone faces the other person. Talking both ways? Share the session to their phone.
The earbud moment: they talk to your phone, you hear your language
Set your phone on the table facing them and turn on Read aloud. Their voice goes into your phone’s mic; the translation plays quietly in your earbuds. Private, hands-free, no shouting into a gadget.
Any wired or Bluetooth earbuds your phone uses should work, because read-aloud plays through the phone’s normal audio output. If your phone switches to the earbuds’ microphone, choose the built-in mic under Devices so it hears them, not you.
Want them to hear you too? Tap Share session and show them the QR code: they join on their own phone in their own language, so each of you reads and hears the other without passing anything back and forth. On one phone, swap the languages from the session menu to reply instead.
What makes Italian different
The Centro Virtual Cervantes puts it simply: languages that look alike are full of false friends. Burro is butter in Italian. Salire means to go up, or to get on a train or a bus, so "salgo" tells an Italian you are climbing, not leaving; to go out is uscire. Caldo is hot or heat, never broth, which is brodo. Aceto is vinegar, and the oil you wanted is olio. Guardare means to look at, not to keep something. Subito means right away, so a waiter who says "subito!" is promising speed, not warning you of anything sudden. And salato, salty, also describes a bill that is too high. If you slip an Italian-looking word into your Spanish, check how it came out on screen.
Italian also has a sound Spanish lacks: double consonants. One letter or two changes the word, so casa is a house and cassa is the cash desk where you pay; sete is thirst and sette is seven. Spanish readers tend to skim past the extra letter, so read captions with prices, room numbers or quantities carefully.
Politeness works much as it does in Spanish. Italian uses tu with friends and Lei, with third-person verbs, with strangers, and the person of higher standing is the one who suggests switching to tu. Mingle has no formality setting, so the Italian follows your phrasing: address a clerk with usted and check the caption.
Numbers will feel familiar if you are from Spain, Argentina or Uruguay: Italy writes a decimal comma and a dot for thousands, so 1.150,00 € is a little over a thousand euros. Mexicans and others who write a decimal point should slow down here. Un miliardo is mil millones. Dates run day, month, year, and official times use the 24-hour clock, written 14.05 or 14:05. Names are split into nome and cognome, with the surname often first on official forms. If you carry two surnames, say which one goes where, and check every letter on screen before it ends up on a residence record or a codice fiscale.
This page covers Spanish → Italian specifically
The Centro Virtual Cervantes puts it simply: languages that look alike are full of false friends. Burro is butter in Italian. Salire means to go up, or to get on a train or a bus, so "salgo" tells an Italian you are climbing, not leaving; to go out is uscire. Caldo is hot or heat, never broth, which is brodo. Aceto is vinegar, and the oil you wanted is olio. Guardare means to look at, not to keep something. Subito means right away, so a waiter who says "subito!" is promising speed, not warning you of anything sudden. And salato, salty, also describes a bill that is too high. If you slip an Italian-looking word into your Spanish, check how it came out on screen. Italian also has a sound Spanish lacks: double consonants. One letter or two changes the word, so casa is a house and cassa is the cash desk where you pay; sete is thirst and sette is seven. Spanish readers tend to skim past the extra letter, so read captions with prices, room numbers or quantities carefully. Politeness works much as it does in Spanish. Italian uses tu with friends and Lei, with third-person verbs, with strangers, and the person of higher standing is the one who suggests switching to tu. Mingle has no formality setting, so the Italian follows your phrasing: address a clerk with usted and check the caption. Numbers will feel familiar if you are from Spain, Argentina or Uruguay: Italy writes a decimal comma and a dot for thousands, so 1.150,00 € is a little over a thousand euros. Mexicans and others who write a decimal point should slow down here. Un miliardo is mil millones. Dates run day, month, year, and official times use the 24-hour clock, written 14.05 or 14:05. Names are split into nome and cognome, with the surname often first on official forms. If you carry two surnames, say which one goes where, and check every letter on screen before it ends up on a residence record or a codice fiscale.
Sources
- Centro Virtual Cervantes, El Trujamán — Los falsos amigos fraseológicos (Julia Sevilla Muñoz and Maria Sardelli, 2011)
- Treccani Vocabolario — « salire »
- Accademia della Crusca — Tu, lei, voi: quale pronome scegliere per rivolgersi a qualcuno? (Valeria Della Valle, 2025)
- Wikipedia — Italian phonology (geminate consonants)
- Agenzia delle Entrate — Il codice fiscale
- Comune di Ravenna — Riconoscimento della cittadinanza italiana jure sanguinis
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Spanish to Italian translation.
Italian sounds so close to Spanish. Why not just speak slowly?
Because the words that look alike are where conversations go wrong. In Italian burro is butter, not a donkey; salire means to go up or to get on a bus, not to go out (that is uscire); caldo means hot, not broth; and aceto is vinegar, while oil is olio. Half-understanding feels like understanding, so the other person nods. Mingle translates meaning rather than spelling, and the caption shows both of you what was actually said.
Will the Italian use tu or Lei with the person I'm talking to?
Italian has an informal tu and a formal Lei, and Lei is the norm with people you don't know, such as a clerk or a pharmacist. Mingle has no formality setting: the translation follows how you phrase things. Speaking to them with usted is the natural way to steer it toward Lei; if the caption sounds too casual, rephrase and say it again.
How do my two surnames fit an Italian form?
Italian forms ask for cognome (surname) and nome (given name) separately, and official documents often put the surname first. Say which surname or surnames go in the cognome box, then check the caption letter by letter. The codice fiscale is built from your surname, name, date and place of birth, and only the code issued by the Agenzia delle Entrate counts, so a misplaced surname is worth catching at the counter.
I speak Rioplatense Spanish with vos. Will it understand me, and which Italian will I hear?
Speak the way you normally do. Mingle has one Spanish setting and one Italian setting, with curated slang hints for Spanish among its 14 languages. Accuracy by region or dialect has not been measured, so read the Italian caption before anything important. On the other side, Italians speak regional Italian whose sounds and everyday words change from Milan to Naples; when you swap to read their reply, the Spanish caption is where you confirm it.
What do I need to use it in Italy?
A phone or computer with a browser and an internet connection, either mobile data or Wi-Fi. Open mingle.fit, allow the microphone and talk. Guest sessions need no account and no card; signing in adds saved history, handy for keeping an address in Milan or a list of documents from the anagrafe.
Do both people need the app?
No. Everything runs in the browser. For a conversation both ways, tap Share session and show the QR code: they join on their own phone in their language, with no app and no account. On one shared phone, a session translates one direction, and you swap the languages from the session menu when they reply.
Is Mingle free to try for this language pair?
Yes — start instantly with free guest sessions, no card and no install. Paid plans unlock longer sessions and saved history.
