Italian words which most people know

Italian flag - three colours

Alas, Italy and Italian tourism has been badly hit by the coronavirus. Where to learn and practise Italian?

Italian restaurants, worldwide.
Pizza restaurants.
Read Italian words on foods in supermarkets, pasta, chocolates such as Ferrero Rocher.
Wine bottle labels: Lambrusco, Prosecco, Asti.
Visit Italy,
Italian speaking parts of Switzerland,
Roman ruins - Latin is similar, and
Latin in Roman Catholic churches - in the hymns and prayers and gravestones.
Italian films - Fellini. The Leopard. Watch on YouTube.
Opera and operettas.
Coffee shops selling Italian style coffee.
Italian airlines and ships.
Italian cars such as Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lambourghini,
Clothes labels.

A dictionary of musical terms will give you lots of Italian words used in many languages.

Italian Words
apartment
aria - song, short song words
balcony
ballerina
bravo
bust
concerto
crescendo
diva - temperamental chief singer (usually female)
duet
duo
falsetto
fiasco
finale
folio - sheets of paper, as in music or Shakespeare play text
forte - loud and strong
impresario
librettist - writer of the songs and words in a musical
Madonna -  (my lady)
maestro - master or expert
nostalgia
pasta - noodles (like the English noun paste)
pianoforte - predecessor of the modern piano (literally quiet loud), full name of piano, keyboard instrument with pedals for making loud and soft musical notes
piano - quiet
piccolo - wind instrument (the word means small)
quartet
scenario - scene (imaginary or staged)
solo
soloist - player on their own whilst the rest of the orchestra is silent
soprano -
trio
trombone
vista
vendetta

Useful Websites
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-english-words-of-italian-origin.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Italian_origin

About the author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Polyglot. Teacher of English and other languages.