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Italian Airport Vocabulary and Useful Phrases

Planning a trip to Italy and want to move through the terminal smoothly? In this guide, you will find the most important Italian airport vocabulary and essential survival phrases to get through customs, check your luggage, and board your flight without stress.

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Essential words about flights and planes


 

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Italiano Español English
l'aeroporto m aeropuerto airport
il terminal terminal de aeropuerto airport terminal
l'aeroplano m avión plane
l'agenzia di viaggi f agencia de viajes travel agency
l'altoparlante m altoparlante loudspeaker
l'assistente di volo m/f auxiliar de vuelo air hostess, flight attendant
il bagaglio equipaje luggage / baggage
il bagaglio a mano equipaje de mano hand luggage
il controllo dei bagagli control de equipaje baggage check
il ritiro bagagli reclamo de equipaje baggage claim
la bilancia balanza scales
il biglietto billete ticket
il biglietto di andata e ritorno billete de ida y vuelta round-trip ticket, return ticket
il biglietto di sola andata billete de ida one-way ticket
la classe business clase ejecutiva business class
la classe economica clase económica economy class
la prima classe primera clase first class
la cabina cabina cabin
la cabina di pilotaggio cabina del piloto cockpit
il carrello carrito trolley
la carta d'imbarco pase de abordo boarding pass
la cintura di sicurezza cinturón de seguridad seat belt
la coincidenza conexión connecting flight
la dogana aduana customs
libere da dogana libre de impuestos duty free
l'emergenza f emergencia emergency
il giubbotto di salvataggio salvavidas life vest
il jet lag descompensación por la diferencia horaria jet lag
 

la linea aerea línea aérea airline
la manica a vento manga indicadora de dirección del viento wind directional indicator, windsock
la maschera a ossigeno máscara de oxígeno oxygen mask
il nastro trasportatore cinta transportadora conveyor belt
il passaporto pasaporte passport
il pilota piloto pilot
la pista pista runway
il portafogli maletín, portafolios briefcase
il posto asiento seat
la prenotazione reserva reservation
i servizi sanitarios restroom / lavatory
la torre di controllo torre de control control tower
il controllore di volo controlador de tráfico aéreo air-traffic controller
la turbolenza turbulencia turbulence
il turista turista tourist
l'uscita f salida exit
l'uscita di sicurezza f salida de emergencia emergency exit
la valigia maleta suitcase
il volo vuelo flight
il volo charter vuelo charter charter flight
il volo di linea vuelo de línea scheduled flight
il volo internazionale vuelo internacional international flight
il volo nazionale vuelo de cabotaje domestic flight
il volo con scalo vuelo con escala flight with stopover
il volo senza scalo vuelo directo direct flight/ non-stop flight
il numero di volo número de vuelo flight number
lo stato del volo estado del vuelo flight status
l'arrivo m llegada arrival
la partenza salida departure
in ritardo demorado delayed
in orario en horario on schedule
 

prenotare un volo reservar un vuelo to book a flight
prendere un volo tomar un vuelo to take a flight
fare scalo hacer escala to stop over
imbarcarsi abordar to board
sbarcare desembarcar to disembark
allacciare la cintura di sicurezza abrocharse el cinturón de seguridad to fasten the seatbelt
slacciare la cintura di sicurezza desabrocharse el cinturón de seguridad to unfasten the seatbelt
decollare despegar to take off
il decollo despegue take-off
atterrare aterrizar to land
l'atterraggio m aterrizaje landing
l'atterraggio di emergenza aterrizaje de emergencia emergency landing
l'atterraggio liscio aterrizaje suave soft landing
l'atterraggio violento aterrizaje violento rough landing

m = maschile f = femminile

 

Useful phrases to survive at the airport

1. At the check-in desk (Al check-in)

2. At the security checkpoint (I controlli di sicurezza)

3. At the gate (Al gate)

4. Passport control and customs (I controlli di passaporti e la dogana)

5. Baggage claim (Il ritiro bagagli)

 

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