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  • Checked October 2026

Car Parts in Italian

Twenty-four car parts in Italian on one drawing, outside and at the driver's seat.

Car Parts in Italian

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Write the name of each numbered part.Answer key

  1. la portiera
  2. la ruota
  3. il finestrino
  4. il faro
  5. il cofano
  6. il bagagliaio
  7. il parabrezza
  8. il paraurti
  9. la targa
  10. lo pneumatico
  11. lo specchietto retrovisore
  12. il tergicristallo
  13. il volante
  14. il sedile
  15. la cintura di sicurezza
  16. il freno
  17. l'acceleratore
  18. il clacson
  19. il tachimetro
  20. il vano portaoggetti
  21. la frizione
  22. il freno a mano
  23. la leva del cambio
  24. il cruscotto

Original drawing made for this site in 2026 from plain geometry: a small model of a car drawn in a parallel projection, and a flat view of the cabin. Licence: own work.

Each numbered ring is a button. Use the arrow keys to move between them and Enter to choose. Names are read out in Study, and once a part is answered.

Next step The same kind of car in FrenchMore Italian: the skeleton

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The car from outside 12

  1. la portiera door Car door.
  2. la ruota wheel Wheel. The spare is la ruota di scorta.
  3. il finestrino window Car window, the small form of finestra, a window.
  4. il faro headlight Headlight. Il faro is also a lighthouse.
  5. il cofano hood Hood. Un cofano was first a large chest.
  6. il bagagliaio trunk Trunk.
  7. il parabrezza windshield Windshield. One parabrezza, two parabrezza.
  8. il paraurti bumper Bumper.
  9. la targa license plate License plate. Una targa is also a plaque.
  10. lo pneumatico tire Tire. The everyday word is la gomma.
  11. lo specchietto retrovisore side mirror Side mirror. Short forms: lo specchietto, il retrovisore.
  12. il tergicristallo windshield wiper Windshield wiper.

Inside, at the front 12

  1. il volante steering wheel Steering wheel. Essere al volante is to be driving.
  2. il sedile seat Seat. From sedere, to sit.
  3. la cintura di sicurezza seat belt Seat belt. Una cintura alone is any belt.
  4. il freno brake pedal Brake pedal. Frenare is to brake.
  5. l'acceleratore gas pedal Gas pedal. Masculine: un acceleratore.
  6. il clacson horn Horn. From the English word klaxon.
  7. il tachimetro speedometer Speedometer. Il contachilometri counts the distance driven.
  8. il vano portaoggetti glove compartment Glove compartment. Also il cassetto portaoggetti.
  9. la frizione clutch pedal Clutch pedal. La frizione is also friction.
  10. il freno a mano handbrake Handbrake. The formal name is il freno di stazionamento.
  11. la leva del cambio gear stick Gear stick. Il cambio alone is also the gearbox.
  12. il cruscotto dashboard Dashboard: the panel that holds the dials.

How this list was compiled: Every label, its gender and its car meaning was read on 2026-10-12 in two dictionaries. (1) WordReference, Italian-English (https://www.wordreference.com/iten/ followed by the word): portiera, sportello, ruota, finestrino, faro, fanale, cofano, bagagliaio, baule, portabagagli, parabrezza, paraurti, targa, pneumatico, gomma, specchietto, retrovisore, specchietto retrovisore, tergicristallo, volante, sterzo, sedile, cintura, cintura di sicurezza, freno, freno a mano, acceleratore, clacson (with claxon), tachimetro, contachilometri, cruscotto, portaoggetti, vano portaoggetti, frizione, leva del cambio, cambio, macchina, automobile, auto, urto, tergere, sedere and brezza; and English-Italian (https://www.wordreference.com/enit/ followed by the word): door (of a vehicle: sportello; portiera, porta), trunk (bagagliaio, portabagagli, baule), tire (pneumatico; informal gomma), glove compartment (cassetto portaoggetti, portaoggetti, vano portaoggetti), handbrake (freno a mano; formal freno di stazionamento), gearshift (cambio), side mirror (specchietto retrovisore laterale), steering wheel, seat belt, license plate, hood, dashboard, horn, speedometer, windshield and wiper. (2) Vocabolario Treccani of the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana (https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/ followed by the word; portiera1, pneumatico3, volante2, sterzo2, leva1 and auto1 for the six that have more than one entry): portiera, sportello, ruota (with ruota di scorta), finestrino (a small form of finestra), faro, fanale, cofano (first a large chest), bagagliaio, baule (in everyday, not technical, use the trunk of a car), portabagagli, parabrezza (para and brezza, after the French pare-brise; invariable), paraurti (para and urto), targa, pneumatico (i or gli pneumatici; in everyday use mostly called gomme), gomma, specchietto (specchietto retrovisore), retrovisore, tergicristallo (tergere and cristallo), volante (essere al volante), sterzo (in everyday use, the volante), sedile (from sedere), cintura (cintura di sicurezza), freno (freno a mano, also freno di stazionamento), acceleratore (pedale dell'acceleratore), clacson (a spelling of the English klaxon), tachimetro, contachilometri, cruscotto, portaoggetti (vano portaoggetti), frizione (in everyday use the pedal), leva (leva del cambio), cambio, macchina, automobile and auto. The wording of every line is our own. Licence: own work

The drawing: Original drawing made for this site in 2026 from plain geometry: a small model of a car drawn in a parallel projection, and a flat view of the cabin. Nothing was traced, no real model is shown, and the plate and the dials are blank. Licence: own work

How it works

A car is drawn from its front corner and again from the back seat, with 24 parts named in Italian: twelve outside, from la portiera to il tergicristallo, and twelve at the driver's seat, from il volante to il cruscotto.

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Parts of a car in Italian, by article

Eighteen of the 24 words are masculine. Six are feminine: la portiera, la ruota, la targa, la cintura di sicurezza, la frizione and la leva del cambio. Lo stands before s plus a consonant, as in lo specchietto retrovisore and lo sterzo.

Words built from two

Il parabrezza is para plus brezza, a breeze, after the French pare-brise. Il paraurti is para plus urto, an impact. Il tergicristallo joins tergere, to wipe, and cristallo, and il portaoggetti joins portare, to carry, and oggetti, things.

Questions and answers

How do you say car in Italian?

La macchina in everyday speech, l'automobile as the full word and l'auto as its short form. All three are feminine.

Is it il pneumatico or lo pneumatico?

Both are in use. Treccani writes i (or gli) pneumatici in its own entry, and the example in WordReference has gli pneumatici. The drawing shows lo pneumatico.

Is a car door la portiera or lo sportello?

Both. WordReference lists sportello first for the door of a vehicle, then portiera, and Treccani uses both words for the door of a car. Lo sportello counts when typed.

What is the trunk of a car called in Italian?

Il bagagliaio. Everyday speech also says il baule, which Treccani marks as everyday, not technical, use, and il portabagagli, a word that can also mean a roof rack.

What are the pedals called in Italian?

From left to right: la frizione (clutch), il freno (brake) and l'acceleratore (gas). Strictly la frizione is the clutch itself; Treccani notes that everyday speech uses the word for its pedal.

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