Italian Phrase
Dipende dai tuoi obiettivi e dal tuo budget.
Meaning
The sentence means ‘It depends on your goals and your budget.’ It signals that a decision or recommendation is conditional on what you want to achieve and how much you can spend.
When to use
Use this phrase when giving advice, comparing options, or explaining why a particular choice is not universal. It works in both casual conversation and more formal business contexts.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Dipendedaituoiobiettiviedaltuobudget
Dipendere (present)
‘Dipende’ is the third‑person singular present of the verb ‘dipendere’ (to depend). It is used impersonally, similar to ‘it depends’ in English.
Preposition + article contraction
‘dai’ = da + i (from the, masculine plural) and ‘dal’ = da + il (from the, masculine singular). Italian contracts the preposition ‘da’ with the definite article.
Possessive adjectives
‘tuoi’ agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies (obiettivi – masculine plural). ‘tuo’ is singular masculine.
Borrowed noun ‘budget’
‘budget’ is a loanword from French/English, treated as a masculine singular noun in Italian.
🗨In Conversation
Quale corso di lingua dovrei scegliere?
Which language course should I choose?
Dipende dai tuoi obiettivi e dal tuo budget.
It depends on your goals and your budget.
✕Common Mistakes
Dipende da i tuoi obiettivi e dal tuo budget.
The preposition ‘da’ contracts with the article; write ‘dai’ not ‘da i’.
Dipende dai tuo obiettivi e dal tuo budget.
‘Obiettivi’ is plural, so the possessive must be plural ‘tuoi’.
Dipende dai tuoi obiettivi e dalla budget.
‘Budget’ is masculine; use ‘il budget’, not ‘la budget’.
↔Alternatives
Dipende dai tuoi scopi e dal tuo budget.
It depends on your aims and your budget.
Dipende da quello che vuoi raggiungere e da quanto puoi spendere.
It depends on what you want to achieve and how much you can spend.
Dipende dalle tue esigenze e dalla tua disponibilità economica.
It depends on your needs and your financial availability.
Cultural Tip
In Italy, ‘budget’ is widely used in business, tech and travel contexts, but in very formal writing you might hear ‘capacità finanziaria’ or ‘limite di spesa’. Also, remember that the verb ‘dipendere’ is often used impersonally, so you never need a subject pronoun before ‘dipende’.