Mi piace fare escape room con i miei amici.

I like doing escape rooms with my friends.

Pronunciation

'Escape room' is used as an English loanword in Italian. 'Amici' = a-MI-ci.

When to use it

Use this to describe a fun, social activity for groups. Escape rooms have become very popular in Italian cities as a leisure activity for friends and colleagues. It signals a playful, social personality.

What it means

'Fare escape room' uses the all-purpose 'fare' with the English loanword. In Italian, new leisure concepts from English are often directly adopted: 'fare escape room', 'fare shopping', 'fare jogging'. This is completely natural.

Variations

Siamo riusciti a uscire in tempo la settimana scorsa.

We managed to escape in time last week.

Sharing a recent success — great conversation opener

Adoro i giochi di squadra in generale.

I love team games in general.

Broadens from escape rooms to team activities

Facciamo escape room come team building.

We do escape rooms as team building.

Corporate/professional use of the activity

Mini Dialogue

— Cosa fate il sabato sera? — Mi piace fare escape room con i miei amici. — Siete bravi? — Abbastanza! Abbiamo fatto quindici stanze e ne abbiamo completate dodici.

— What do you do on Saturday evenings? — I like doing escape rooms with my friends. — Are you good at them? — Quite! We have done fifteen rooms and completed twelve.

Cultural Note

Escape rooms (also called 'stanze dell'escape' or simply 'escape room') opened in Italian cities from around 2015. Major Italian cities like Milan, Rome, and Florence have dozens of escape rooms, many themed around Italian history or art — players might 'escape from the Colosseum' or 'solve a Renaissance mystery'.

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