NumListen · Italian prices
Italian prices in euro: hear dodici euro e cinquanta, type the digits
An Italian price is usually short — but it is short because things get left out. euro never changes form, centesimi is normally dropped, and in a shop or at a bar the word euro often disappears too, leaving something like tre e novanta for 3,90. On top of that, the whole-euro part uses the same connected number words as everywhere else in Italian, so ventotto euro e cinquanta hides a vowel drop before you even reach the cents.
NumListen · Italian prices
What the Money & Prices practice type trains
Set Italian as the number voice language and open Money & Prices. NumListen plays one complete price — the euro amount, e, and the cents — and shows an answer template that matches the price format, using the Italian comma convention (12,50). You type only the digits, in the slots provided. Replay repeats exactly the same reading, and Show Answer reveals the amount when you want to move on.
What you actually hear
Typical readings from a bar, a market stall, a supermarket receipt, and a larger quote. The app plays the full spoken price; you only ever type digits.
| Situation | What you hear | What you type | Why it trips people up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee at the bar | un euro e venti | 1,20 | One euro is un euro, not uno euro — the shortened form is easy to miss at the start of a fast sentence. |
| Supermarket checkout | dodici euro e cinquanta | 12,50 | The standard pattern: euro amount, e, cents. centesimi is normally left out. |
| Receipt read aloud | dodici euro e cinque centesimi | 12,05 | cinque versus cinquanta decides whether the cents are 05 or 50. The leading zero is never spoken. |
| Market stall | sono tre e novanta | 3,90 | No euro, no centesimi — just two numbers joined by e. You have to supply the currency structure yourself. |
| Bakery | ventun euro e dieci | 21,10 | Before a noun, ventuno is often shortened further to ventun. Either way, the vent- opening only tells you the tens. |
| Clothes shop | quarantotto euro e novantanove | 48,99 | quarantotto is the connected form of 48 (quaranta + otto), followed by a two-syllable-heavy cents value. |
| Small item | novantanove centesimi | 0,99 | Under one euro you hear only cents, so the euro slot is zero even though no zero was spoken. |
| Deposit for a rental | millequattrocentottanta euro | 1480 | One connected word: mille + quattrocento + ottanta, with the cento/ottanta vowel drop in the middle. Four digits before euro even arrives. |
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How Italian prices are put together
- euro is invariable — un euro, dieci euro, cento euro. There is no plural form, so the number before it carries all the information about quantity.
- Cents come after e: dodici euro e cinquanta. The word centesimi is usually dropped in everyday speech, and in shops and bars euro is often dropped too, giving tre e novanta or diciotto e cinquanta.
- In writing, Italian separates euro and cents with a comma (la virgola): 12,50 not 12.50. NumListen's Italian answer template follows the same comma convention.
- The euro amount uses the ordinary connected number words — ventotto euro, quarantotto euro, ventun euro — and larger amounts use -mila: duemila euro, millecinquecento euro. The vowel drops and the -mila plural happen inside the price exactly as they do in bare numbers.
Listen, type, check
01
Set Italian as the number voice
Choose Italian from the number-voice menu on the NumListen home screen — independent of your app interface language.
02
Open Money & Prices
Pick this practice type when you want euro amounts specifically. Basic Numbers covers the same connected words without the currency structure.
03
Listen for the e
The e is the boundary between euro and cents. Everything before it goes left of the comma, everything after it goes right — even when euro and centesimi are not spoken.
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Type digits, check, repeat
Fill in the euro and cents slots, use Replay to hear the identical reading again, and use Show Answer to check and keep going.
A dedicated Italian voice, previewed in Settings
Italian has its own compatible installed system-voice selection and preview in NumListen Settings. Choosing Italian as the number voice does not change your app interface language, so the menus can stay in English while the prices are spoken in Italian.
Italian prices FAQ
Is it euro or euri in the plural?
euro. The word is invariable in standard Italian — un euro, due euro, mille euro. You may occasionally hear euri as a joke or in very informal speech, but it is not the standard form and NumListen does not use it.
How are cents said in Italian?
After e: dodici euro e cinquanta (12,50). The full form adds centesimi — dodici euro e cinquanta centesimi — but in everyday speech it is usually left off. Under one euro you hear the cents alone: novantanove centesimi for 0,99.
Why do I hear prices without the word euro?
In shops, bars, and markets the currency is obvious from context, so people often say just the numbers: sono tre e novanta, fanno diciotto e cinquanta. The e still marks where the comma goes, which is why NumListen trains you to listen for it rather than for the word euro.
Are Italian price answers typed with a comma or a period?
The Italian template uses the comma — 12,50 — matching how prices are written on Italian receipts, menus, and price tags. You still type digits only; the comma is part of the template layout.
Can I use the app in English while practising Italian prices?
Yes. The number-voice language and the app interface language are independent settings, so you can read English menus while training Italian price listening.
Stop guessing at the till
Short, repeatable rounds of spoken euro prices — with and without the word euro, with and without centesimi — until dodici e cinquanta turns into 12,50 without a pause.
Keep practising Italian numbers
Italian number listening practice: hear connected number words clearly
See every Italian number format NumListen covers, not just this one.
Italian connected number words: hear ventuno, ventotto and centottanta, type the digits
Practice hearing Italian numbers that run together into one word — ventuno, ventotto, ventitré, centottanta, duemila — and typing the digits. Focused listening drill for the vowel drops around one and eight.