How to Pronounce 'Vedere': Italian Pronunciation Guide

Q: How do you pronounce vedere in Italian?

vedere is pronounced with the stress described below. In IPA it is written /veˈde.re/. It means “to see.” veh-DEH-reh , stress on the middle syllable. In IPA: /veˈde.re/ .

How do you pronounce "vedere" in Italian?

veh-DEH-reh, stress on the middle syllable. In IPA: /veˈde.re/.

vedere /veˈde.re/

Three even syllables, ve-de-re, each given full, equal weight — Italian doesn't compress the ending into a quick "-der" the way English instincts might expect.

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Sound it out

English words built on the same Latin root — "video," "vision," "evident" — all stress the first syllable, which is exactly the wrong place to put the stress in Italian vedere.

ve A "v" plus a closed, tense "eh," not the glided "ay" the spelling might suggest.

de The stressed syllable: another closed "deh," held pure with no diphthong.

re A tapped "r" plus a fully voiced closed "eh" — always pronounced, never dropped.

Hear it in a sentence

Ti vedo domani.

I'll see you tomorrow.

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"Ti vedo domani" uses vedo, the io-form of vedere, with ti ("you," informal) attached as the object — "I'll see you tomorrow," said the way you'd sign off with a friend, not a formal contact. The present tense here does double duty for a near-future meaning, a very common shortcut in spoken Italian that skips the actual future tense for anything happening soon or already planned.

Vedere is also the verb behind arrivederci ("goodbye," literally "until we see each other again") — a nice link between this everyday verb and one of the first words most learners memorize.

Where English speakers slip

English cognates like "video" and "vision" put the stress on the first syllable, which pulls learners toward the incorrect "VEH-deh-reh." Italian vedere stresses the middle syllable, de.

The other slip is gliding the stressed e into something closer to English "ay," as in "veh-DAY-reh." Both e's in vedere stay pure, closed vowels with no movement.