Phrases to Buy Jewelry in Italy

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If you’ve been to Florence, it’s possible you’ve noticed that gorgeous old bridge, Ponte Vecchio, full of glistening gold and jewels.

You may have even wanted to buy something or just step inside one of the historic shops to look around. When you’re just beginning to learn Italian, it can be intimidating when you don’t know which words to use.

Whether you’re in Florence or Rome or Naples, if you’ve ever wanted to take home some glistening trinkets or just know how to talk about them, read on!

How to Talk about Jewelry in Italian

Where to buy:

A jewelry shop that sells fine pieces of jewelry is called la gioielleria. By contrast, if you’re looking for cheaper pieces, like costume jewelry, you want to shop in a store that says “bijoux or bijou.”

Italian have adopted the French word for this type of store, with its Italianization translation it can also be called la bigiotteria.

Vocabulary

Pieces of jewelry