Tipword
Most learners hit the same wall: the course is fine, but real Italian, in news, chats and shows, is full of words you haven’t met. Looking each one up breaks your flow, so you stop reading. The fix is to make looking up a word take one second.
Read what you already read, in Italian
Switch one daily habit to Italian: the news you check in the morning, a recipe blog, a series with Italian subtitles. Pick something you’d read anyway, so you keep coming back.
Look words up without leaving the page
With Tipword, hold ⌥ Option and point at a word. Its English meaning appears right beside it, then goes away. No typing, no new tab, so you keep reading in Italian.
Start with what you love
Recipes, football, travel, music. Italian is everywhere online, so pick one topic you already enjoy and read about it in Italian. You’ll meet the same words again and again, and that’s how they stick.
Questions
Is Italian free?
Yes, on macOS 15 or later: Italian translates on your Mac with Apple, so there’s no key and nothing extra to pay.
Does it work with Italian subtitles?
Yes. Pause the video, hold ⌥ and point at the word in the subtitle.