Speaker (Croatian)
Izvolite! Ovo su svježi tartufi iz Motovuna.
Prego! Questi sono tartufi freschi di Montona.
Bok Ciao
Live translation
Croatian ↔ Italian
through one pair of earbuds.
Share an earbud. Pick Croatian and Italian. Each of you hears the other in your own language, live.
A sample exchange
Three turns between Croatian and Italian, the way they'd actually go. Each card shows the original line above the translation.
Speaker (Italian)
Che profumo! Quanto costa questo piccolo?
Kakav miris! Koliko košta ovaj mali?
Speaker (Croatian)
Dvadeset eura — i dodat ću vam malo maslinova ulja na poklon.
Venti euro — e le aggiungo un po' d'olio d'oliva in omaggio.
What metcha supports for this pair
| Croatian | Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple on-device translation | — | ✓ |
| Deepgram cloud STT | ✓ | ✓ |
| iOS built-in voices | ✓ | ✓ |
| ElevenLabs premium voices (Plus) | 4 voices | 4 voices |
| Voice cloning (Plus, your voice) | ✓ | ✓ |
Why metcha for this pair
Only the Adriatic separates these two — and in Istria, not even that: Italian is co-official in Istria County, the street signs are bilingual, and coastal Croatian is salted with Venetian loanwords from centuries of shared history. Summer ferries run Ancona–Split and Bari–Dubrovnik, and Italians pour up the coast in August. metcha covers standard Croatian and Italian for everyone who didn't grow up in a bilingual town.
Common phrases
Hand-picked phrases for everyday Italian-speaking situations. In metcha you don't need to memorize these — but they're useful to anchor what the app sounds like before you try it.
- Greeting
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Croatian: Dobar dan, drago mi je.
Italian: Buongiorno, piacere.
- Thank you
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Croatian: Puno vam hvala.
Italian: Grazie mille.
- Apology
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Croatian: Oprostite, ne razumijem.
Italian: Scusi, non capisco.
- Directions
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Croatian: Gdje je stara gradska jezgra?
Italian: Dov'è il centro storico?
- Ferry
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Croatian: Kada polazi sljedeći trajekt?
Italian: A che ora parte il prossimo traghetto?
- Ordering
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Croatian: Što nam preporučujete?
Italian: Cosa ci consiglia?
- Allergy
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Croatian: Alergičan sam na orašaste plodove.
Italian: Sono allergico alla frutta a guscio.
- Bill
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Croatian: Račun, molim vas.
Italian: Il conto, per favore.
- Hotel
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Croatian: Imam rezervaciju.
Italian: Ho una prenotazione.
- Pharmacy
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Croatian: Imate li nešto protiv glavobolje?
Italian: Ha qualcosa per il mal di testa?
Where you'd use it
- Istrian markets, wineries, and truffle towns where the two languages meet daily
- Italian visitors ferrying across from Ancona and Bari each summer
- Croatians visiting Venice and the Italian Adriatic See the Venice guide →
- Seafront cafés serving Italian-speaking guests For cafés →
Common questions
- Does metcha translate Italian to Croatian as well as Croatian to Italian?
- Yes, both directions run in the same session. When someone speaks Croatian, the other person hears it in Italian; when they reply in Italian, you hear it in Croatian. There is no direction to configure and no turn-taking button. See how it works for the full walkthrough.
- Is Croatian ↔ Italian translation in metcha on-device or cloud?
- Both. metcha's free tier uses Apple's on-device Translation framework where supported (partial — one side may route via the cloud path). metcha Plus optionally routes through a Better Translation cloud path for more natural phrasing, with a quiet fallback to the on-device path when the network is slow.
- Do I need both AirPods to use metcha for Croatian and Italian?
- No. The simplest mode is one earbud each — you keep one, the other person keeps the other. metcha handles both directions through that single shared pair. If you'd rather both wear your own earbuds, you can pair a second phone in seconds via a QR code (still no app install for the other person).
- What about regional accents within Italian?
- metcha's Deepgram STT path handles major regional variants of Italian robustly. The on-device path is more sensitive to accent — if you find the free path missing words, switching to the metcha Plus cloud STT usually fixes it without changing anything else about the conversation.
- Does it work without internet?
- The free on-device path works fully offline once the relevant Apple Translation language packs are downloaded. metcha Plus features that depend on Deepgram, Better Translation, or ElevenLabs voices need a network connection.
- How many voices does metcha ship for Italian?
- 4 curated native-Italian voices on metcha Plus, plus all iOS built-in voices on the free tier (and any Enhanced or Premium voices you've installed in Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content).
- Are conversations private?
- metcha does not store conversations on our servers, and none of our providers retain audio for training. The free on-device path never sends audio off your phone at all. See the privacy policy for the full data-handling story.