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The verb fare, which means “to do” and “to make” is ubiquitous in conversational Italian, as it is found in innumerable special expressions. Fare is used to convey different types of shopping, as well as to express one’s occupation, talk about what you have (or don’t have) to do, how much an item costs, taking a photo or a trip. Learn how to use fare to sound like a native Italian in almost every situation! In the last blog in this series, “Facciamo Shopping!” or “Let’s go shopping!” we learned how to describe the act of shopping in Italian.  You may …

How do I say, “I am going shopping in Italian?”  Well, that depends on the type of shopping to be done!  The different Italian phrases that describe the act of “going shopping” are listed in the tables below.  Notice that all Italian shopping phrases use the verb fare, which means “to do” or “to make.” Grocery Shopping fare la spesa to do the grocery shopping to do some grocery shopping (the grocery shopping = la spesa) (groceries =  la spesa / i generi alimentari)   General Shopping fare spese to do the shopping (clothes, shoes, or other personal items) fare …