Romantic Italian phrases, Italian love quotes and
their English translations.

    • Short Romantic phrases      • Medium Italian phrases
     • Long Italian love quotes    • Italian love quotes for the unlucky

My wife had some romantic Italian phrases in an old school diary (it's a very Italian thing) so we found some material (that I was allowed to see) and had a good time writing it up.

Here are some Romantic Italian phrases (Frasi d' Amore) from my wife's high school diary, we'll begin with the shorter ones:

• Mio amore - my love



• Tesoro mio - my darling



• Passerotto mio - my little bird



• Mi manchi - I miss you



• (You can use Mi manchi with Mio amore, Tesoro mio etc.)



• Ho bisogno di te - I need you



• Mi manchano i tuoi occhi - I miss your eyes



• Ti adoro - I adore you



• (You can use Ti adoro with Mio amore, Passerotto mio etc.)



• Sei la mia vita - you are my life



• Sei la mia stella polare - you are my polar star



• Ti penso ogni giorno - I think of you every day



• and of course Ti amo - I love you, used only for romantic partners



• Ti voglio bene - I love you (but doesn't really translate into English) is used for friends and family.



• Mi vuoi sposare? - will you marry me?



• Mi completi , "Mini-me"! - You complete me Mini-me (from Austin Powers)
  

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Medium length Romantic Italian phrases and Italian love quotes

• Senza di te la mia vita non ha senso - without you my life has no meaning



• Ti amerò finchè ho vita - I will love you while I still have life.



• Sei la mia anima gemella - you are my soul mate



• Sono anni che ti stavo cercando - I have been searching for you for years



• Sei come l'acqua nel deserto - you are like water in the desert



• Hai dato un senso alla mia vita - you have given sense to my life



• Ti amero' per tutta la mia vita - I will love you my whole life



• Dove sei stato per tutta la mia vita? - where have you been all my life?



• Finalmente ci siamo incontrati - finally we have met



• Tu sei quello/a che stavo aspettando - you are the one I have been waiting for (quello - male , quella - female)

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Longer Romantic Italian phrases and Italian love quotes

(for the real pros)

• il colpo di fulmine é la cosa che fa guadagnare piu tempo - love at first site is something that lets you waste no time.



• Come un raggio di sole hai illuminato la mia vita - like a ray of light you have brightened/warmed my life.



• Grazie amore per sapermi amare - thank you my love for knowing how to love me.



• Sei la ragione per cui vivo, per cui ogni giorno sorrido - You are my reason for living, for why I smile every day.



• Amore é gioia, amore é gelosia, amore é soffrire, amore é tenerezza, amore é calore. Amore sei tu! - Love is joy, love is jealousy, love is suffering, love is tenderness, love is hot. Love is you!



• Sommergimi di carezze fino a farmi affogare - Smother me with caresses until I suffocate.



• Ho scritto una storia d'amore senza inizio e senza fine...per scriverla con te - I have written a love story without a beginning or ending...so that we may write it together.

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Romantic italian phrases & Italian love quotes for those unlucky in love:

• Quei giuramenti, quei profumi, quei baci infiniti, rinasceranno - those promises, those perfumes, those kisses, they will arrive again



• So che posso sognare, so che non ti avrò mai, ma so anche che non potrò mai smettere d'amarti! - I know I can dream, I know I will never have you, but I also know I will never stop loving you!



• La mia anima é umida se no c'é il tuo sole ad asciugarla - My soul is moist if I don't have your sun to dry it.



• Sorridi anche se sei triste, perché non c'é niente di più triste di non saper sorridere - Smile even if you are sad, because there is nothing sadder than someone who doesn't know how to smile.



• Sei come la schiuma del mare: ti abbraccio e non ci sei, ti amo e sei sparito - You are like the foam from the sea: I hug you and you aren't there, I love you and you disappear.

Right, had enough romantic Italian phrases yet? NO! ok lets continue...

• Ho saziato la mia sete alla fontana dei tuoi baci - I quenched my thirst at your fountain of kisses.



• Quando il buio della sera maschera il mio viso, solo allora potrei dirti certe cose - When the dark of the evening obscures my face, only then can I tell you certain things.



• Amore, amore, che schiavitù l'amore - Love, love, what slavery is love!



• C'era la luna quella sera, ma quando tu te ne andasti si nascose umiliata dietro una nuvola - There was the moon that evening, but when you left it hid behind a cloud, humiliated.



• Dammi la tua mano e corriamo uniti per tutta la vita - Give me your hand and we will run together our whole lives.



• Oggi si festeggia il tuo compleanno ma io lo festeggio tutti i giorni - Today is the celebration of your birthday but I celebrate it every day.

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