How to Say Happy New Year in Italian
The most common way to wish someone “happy new year” in Italian is buon annowhich directly translates to “good year”. However, there are a few variations and phrases that Italians like using to celebrate the occasion.
Felice anno nuovo is another way to say “happy new year” and it’s slightly more formal. It is the literal translation of “happy new year”.
Ti auguro un felice anno nuovo!
I wish you a happy new year!
Buon capodanno is another very common expression. In Italian, capodanno is the new year’s day, buon capodanno specifically refers to the holiday.
Linguistically speaking, capodanno is composed of the words capo (lit. head) used to mean the beginning of something, and d’anno (of the year), where the preposition di uses the apostrophe in front of a word beginning with a vowel.
Buon capodanno! Come lo festeggerai?
Happy New Year! How will you celebrate it?
Phrases to use During New Year’s Celebrations
If you are Italian, I am sure that, at least once, you helped your grandparents with writing messages to greet friends, relatives, and colleagues.
This was a very common activity for me during my childhood, because my grandfather does not know hot to use a cellphone, yet he wanted to wish buon anno to his contacts.
Of course there are some fixed formulas, as the ones that I will be showing you below:
Tanti auguri per un anno pieno di gioia e successo!
Best wishes for a year full of joy and success!
Che sia un anno fortunato!
May it be a lucky year!
Buon anno e tanta felicità!
Happy New Year and lots of happiness!
Buon anno e buona salute!
Happy New Year and good health!
