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"A ticket to…, please" in Italian: un biglietto per…, per favore

un biglietto per…, per favore

Say it: oon beel-LYEHT-toh pehr… pehr fah-VOH-rehphrase/un biʎˈʎet.to per… per faˈvo.re/

A ticket to… please in Italian is un biglietto per…, per favore. Fill the gap with the place: Un biglietto per Firenze, per favore.

Train window

Un biglietto per Milano, per favore.
A ticket to Milan, please.
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How to pronounce un biglietto per…, per favore

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oon beel-LYEHT-toh pehr… pehr fah-VOH-reh

/un biʎˈʎet.to per… per faˈvo.re/

Biglietto stresses LYEHT: beel-LYEHT-toh. Soft gli. Per is pehr. Favore is fah-VOH-reh.

"A ticket to…, please" in Italian: quick reference

ItalianEnglish
un biglietto per…, per favorea ticket to…, please

Full polite request.

due biglietti per…two tickets to…

Plural.

un biglietto di sola andataa one-way ticket

No return.

andata e ritornoround trip

Add after the place.

How to use un biglietto per…, per favore in real life

  1. 1Train window

    Un biglietto per Milano, per favore.

    A ticket to Milan, please.

    Full phrase with place.

  2. 2Museum desk

    Vorrei un biglietto per la mostra, per favore.

    I'd like a ticket to the exhibition, please.

    Biglietto per + event.

  3. 3Bus station

    Due biglietti per il centro, per favore.

    Two tickets to the center, please.

    Plural biglietti still keeps the pattern.

Mistakes English speakers make with un biglietto per…, per favore

Incorrect: Un ticket per Roma, per favore.

Correct: Un biglietto per Roma, per favore.

Use biglietto, not English ticket.

Incorrect: Un biglietto a Roma, per favore.

Correct: Un biglietto per Roma, per favore.

Destination takes per, not a, in this request.

Good to know

At Italian ticket windows the whole line un biglietto per…, per favore is normal—short and clear. Machines use the same per + city. Add andata e ritorno if you need a return without restarting the sentence.

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Buying regional train tickets

  1. ChatPal

    Un biglietto per Bologna, per favore.

    A ticket to Bologna, please.

  2. You

    Anche per me: un biglietto per Bologna, per favore.

    For me too: a ticket to Bologna, please.

  3. ChatPal

    Li facciamo andata e ritorno?

    Shall we make them round trip?

  4. You

    , meglio così.

    Yes, better that way.

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Common questions about "A ticket to…, please" in Italian

Full line?

Un biglietto per…, per favore.

Two tickets?

Due biglietti per…, per favore.

Round trip?

Add andata e ritorno.

Why per?

Per marks the destination in this ticket phrase.

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