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When stating rules, describing dietary restrictions, or making general statements, you often need to point out what *isn't* included. To express "except" or "with the exception of," Italian primarily uses two interchangeable prepositions: **tranne** and **eccetto**.

### Tranne

**Tranne** is widely used in everyday conversation to single out an exclusion, such as an off-limits room or a food you avoid.

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### Eccetto

**Eccetto** works exactly like *tranne*.

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### Tranne per (Except for)

Usually, *tranne* and *eccetto* connect directly to the noun being excluded. However, if you are stating the underlying reason for the exception, you will combine it with the preposition **per** (for) to say "except for."

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Prepositions of exception (tranne, eccetto)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Definite articles and gender (il, la, l')

Indefinite articles (un, una)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Question	Answer
except	tranne
the allergy (f)	l'allergia
We do not have any problem, except Marco's allergy.	Noi non abbiamo nessun problema, tranne l'allergia di Marco.
except	eccetto
allergic	allergico
They invite everyone, except the allergic boy.	Loro invitano tutti, eccetto il ragazzo allergico.
the gluten	il glutine
I like these biscuits, except the ones with gluten.	Mi piacciono questi biscotti, tranne quelli con il glutine.
the walnut	la noce
the dairy product	il latticino
I eat everything, except walnuts and dairy products.	Mangio tutto, eccetto le noci e i latticini.
the area (f)	l'area
reserved	riservato
All the rooms are open, except the reserved area.	Tutte le stanze sono aperte, tranne l'area riservata.
I would accept everything, except this rule.	Accetterei tutto, eccetto questa regola.
I like all the animals, except cats, because I am allergic.	Mi piacciono tutti gli animali, tranne i gatti, perché sono allergico.
You eat everything, except dairy, because of the allergy.	Voi mangiate tutto, eccetto i latticini, per l'allergia.
We would visit everything, except the reserved area.	Noi visiteremmo tutto, tranne l'area riservata.
the exception (f)	l'eccezione
We do not make exceptions, except for allergies.	Non facciamo eccezioni, tranne per le allergie.
This is the exception: he eats everything except gluten.	Questa è l'eccezione: lui mangia tutto tranne il glutine.
The girl eats nothing except walnuts.	La ragazza non mangia niente eccetto le noci.

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