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Italian parts of the body
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Il corpo

Knowing the parts of the body can come in handy when playing sports, clothes shopping, seeing the doctor, and more. Learn how to talk about your body in Italian, from head to toe.

il corpo   body
capelli   hair
una testa   head
un cranio   skull
un viso   face
un occhio   eye
un naso   nose
una guancia   cheek
una bocca   mouth
un labbro   lip
un dente   tooth
un orecchio   ear
un collo   neck
una gola   throat
un petto   chest
un cuore   heart
uno stomaco   stomach
un braccio   arm
una spalla   shoulder
un gomito   elbow
un polso   wrist
una mano   hand
un dito   finger
una unghia   fingernail
un pollice   thumb
una schiena   back
una gamba   leg
un ginocchio   knee
una caviglia   ankle
un piede   foot
un dito del piede   toe

 In Italian, possessive adjectives are usually not used to indicate the owner of any given body part. Instead, we use a reflexive pronoun plus a definite article.

Per esempio…

Mi sto lavando la faccia.   I’m washing my face.
Quando ti sei rotto il braccio?   When did you break your arm?

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Parts of the body - Italian vocabulary

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