How to Say "Decades" in Italian

decenni

The Italian word for "decades" is decenni.

decenni is used to refer to periods of ten years.

How does it change in a sentence?

decenni is the masculine plural form of decennio, which means "decade".

While decenni means 'decades', the Italian word for 'decade' in the sense of ten days is decade.
In Italian, the word decade is used in liturgical contexts to describe a set of ten Hail Marys prayed during the Rosary.
If you want to speak about the 1990s, you wouldn't say i decenni novanta, but rather gli anni novanta.

Non piove così da decenni.
It's not rained like this in several decades.
This sentence shows how to describe a period of time spanning several decades using decenni.
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Ho conosciuto Tom decenni fa.
I met Tom decades ago.
This sentence uses decenni to refer to a point in time many decades ago.
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Ho lavorato qui per molti decenni.
I've been working here for many decades.
This sentence demonstrates how to express a duration of many decades with decenni.
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gli anni ottanta
The 1980s
gli anni duemila
The 2000s
Mi piace ascoltare musica degli anni sessanta.
I enjoy listening to music from the '60s.
I miei genitori erano giovani negli anni ottanta.
My parents were young in the '80s.
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Martina and Francesco are looking at old photographs in an album.

Martina

Queste foto sono di molti decenni fa.
These photos are from many decades ago.
Francesco

Sì, la moda è cambiata molto in questi decenni.
Yes, fashion has changed a lot in these decades.
Martina

È incredibile come sia passato il tempo.
It is incredible how much time has passed.
Francesco

Davvero, sembra un altro mondo.
Truly, it seems like another world.

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