How it works
Enable the extension on a site you read. It highlights useful words in the article, not a separate lesson window. Hover a highlight to see the meaning. Chrome itself stays in English.
The loop is short on purpose:
- Words that are worth noticing get a highlight.
- Hover (or tap the highlight) for the translation.
- Keep reading. The page does not become a worksheet.
Coverage is a slider, not a promise that every word will change. Identical lookalikes stay unmarked.
Italian that looks easy, then is not
English speakers trust Italian too early. A lot of the language is readable at a glance — then attuale is “current,” addizione is addition, and libreria is where you buy books, not where you borrow them. Those misses stick better when they sit in a sentence you were already reading.
Articles are the other quiet trap. Il becomes lo before s+consonant and z; un becomes uno the same way. Food writing and news do this constantly. A hover on lo studente in an Italian article is more honest than a chart of definite articles you memorized in week two.
Double consonants change words (anno / ano, cassa / casa). You will not hear that from English. You will see it if the word is marked on the page.
English ↔ Italian is live
English → Italian and Italian → English are both in the language picker. All 12 languages work with English. Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Arabic are bidirectional (EN↔). Hebrew is English → Hebrew.
What this is not
It is not a course, a streak, or a classroom. It does not replace speaking, and it does not pretend tourist menus are the same as a Repubblica column. It is a reading overlay for people who already spend time in the browser.
Questions
Will it mark every obvious cognate?
No. Words that already match English and teach you nothing stay unmarked. The useful misses are the near-cognates: attuale is current, not actual; libreria is a bookshop, not a library.
Can I read an Italian page and see English?
Yes. English → Italian and Italian → English are both in the picker. An English page can show Italian; an Italian page can show English.
Does it teach double consonants and articles?
It shows the word as written. You will see anno vs. ano, il vs. lo, and the forms that change before s+consonant or z. It does not open a pronunciation drill.
Price
There is a free week, then $5 a month. Cancel anytime. No user counts or review scores on this page — those belong on the Chrome Web Store listing if they exist.