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how do you say "welcome to the good life" in italian?

some people said:

Benvenuto alla bella vita

and others said:

benvenuto alla buona vita

which one makes more scense?

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  1. La Bella Vita is the colloquialism that Italians use when speaking of "the good life".  Bella, literally speaking, means pretty, beautiful.  But depending on how it is used its meaning can change. La Bella Vita is one of those instances.

    So, as I told you before:

    Benvenuto (single male) alla bella/dolce vita

    Benvenuta (single female) alla bella/dolce vita

    Benvenuti (plural) alla bella/dolce vita

    is the translation you are looking for in the context you have.

    Sometimes, colloquialisms and "ways to say something" override the literal and grammatical transation of a specific sentence.  It's the way idioms work.  Like: "it's raining cats and dogs" - same thing.  It's an expression to say that it is raining a lot.  There are no literal cats and dogs falling from the sky, but that's the expression used in English to express "it's raining a lot."

    Same goes for La bella/dolce vita.  It means the good, comfortable, easy life.

    And, "nella bella vita" means "in the good life", so it's not correct.


  2. Salve!

    Benvenuti nella bella vita

  3. they both make sense. the second one is "good" and the first is "beautiful"

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