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adesso

"adesso" means "now" in Italian. It is number 157 on the frequency list, in A1 (adv).

Meaning

now

IPA

/aˈdɛs.so/

Level

A1

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Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• E adesso?
  And now?
  Tatoeba: Guybrush88 / FeuDRenais
• Adesso va.
  It works now.
  Tatoeba: Guybrush88 / CM
• Non adesso.
  Not now!
  Tatoeba: farinello / Spamster

Learned together

In the course, "adesso" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• quindi therefore, hence, thus
• sempre always
• forse maybe, perhaps, possibly, may,…
• proprio really, just
• certo certainly, of course, surely,…
• poi then
• fuori outside
• dopo later
• via away

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