Italian English

nuo–vo new

mie–le honey

per–fi–dia spite

uo–mo man

mai never

lin–gua language

suoi his

pi–gliai I took

Diphthongs may occur in stressed or unstressed syllables. However, when a diphthong is broken by stress (the vowel i or u directly bears the stress), then the two vowels break into separate syllables.

Italian English

mi–o mine

tu–o yours

spi–a spy

ma–ni–a mania

rin–vi–o postponement

te–ra–pi–a therapy

al–le–gri–a joy

far–ma–ci–a pharmacy