Italian Family Vocabulary

The 20 beginner words (A1–A2) for family, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Family Basics

A1
EnglishItalianTypeLevel
brotherfratellonounA1
daughterfiglianounA1
fatherpadrenounA1
grandfathernonnonounA1
grandmothernonnanounA1
mothermadrenounA1
sistersorellanounA1
sonfiglionounA1

Family Intermediate

A1
EnglishItalianTypeLevel
auntzianounA1
childbambinonounA1
cousincuginonounA1
husbandmaritonounA1
parentgenitorenounA1
unclezionounA1
wifemoglienounA1

Family Advanced

A2
EnglishItalianTypeLevel
ancestorantenatonounA2
generationgenerazionenounA2

Life Events

A1–A2
EnglishItalianTypeLevel
birthnascitanounA1
childhoodinfanzianounA2
deathmortenounA2

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The family packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

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