Italian · Reading Companion

Read Italian. Click words. Remember them.

Paste any Italian article — news, Wikipedia, a short story, anything you'd actually want to read. Click a word to see what it means. Every lookup is queued for spaced-repetition review automatically. No flashcards to build. No course to finish.

Not a course. A reading companion that turns what you're already reading into vocabulary you remember. No account needed to start. Also available as a Chrome extension for any webpage.

1 · Paste an article

News, Wikipedia, a blog post — anything in Italian you'd actually want to read. Paste the text (or a URL), and open it in the reader.

2 · Click words as you read

Tap any word. A popover shows the meaning and part of speech, with one click for the full definition when you want it. The sentence you were on is remembered so you come back to it.

3 · Review later, quickly

Every word you look up enters a spaced-repetition queue. A 2-minute daily review of fill-in-the-blank sentences from your own reading keeps the words moving into long-term memory. You don't have to build anything — it builds itself.

What you don't have to do

  • No curriculum to follow
  • No decks to build
  • No daily streak to keep
  • No lessons to finish

If you want a course, this isn't one. If you're already reading Italian and losing vocabulary to the void, this is for you.

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fuori (adverb) [/ˈfwɔ.ri/]
In un luogo esterno rispetto a un ambiente chiuso:
outside, out
• Sono andato fuori a prendere una boccata d'aria.
I went outside to get some fresh air.
Non incluso o escluso da un gruppo:
excluded, out
• È rimasto fuori dalla lista degli invitati.
He was left out of the guest list.
Common phrases: fuori città, fuori controllo
Idioms: essere fuori di sé (to be beside oneself)

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