diff --git a/mycroft/util/lang/format_it.py b/mycroft/util/lang/format_it.py
index 7e1c795a2c..ceaf44bc8b 100644
--- a/mycroft/util/lang/format_it.py
+++ b/mycroft/util/lang/format_it.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 from mycroft.util.lang.format_common import convert_to_mixed_fraction
+import collections
 
 NUM_STRING_IT = {
     0: 'zero',
@@ -70,6 +71,111 @@ FRACTION_STRING_IT = {
     20: 'ventesim'
 }
 
+#fonte: http://tulengua.es/numeros-texto/default.aspx
+LONG_SCALE_IT = collections.OrderedDict([
+    (100, 'cento'),
+    (1000, 'mila'),
+    (1000000, 'milioni'),
+    (1e12, "miliardi"),
+    (1e18, 'trilioni'),
+    (1e24, "quadrilioni"),
+    (1e30, "quintilioni"),
+    (1e36, "sestilioni"),
+    (1e42, "settilioni"),
+    (1e48, "ottillioni"),
+    (1e54, "nonillioni"),
+    (1e60, "decemillioni"),
+    (1e66, "undicilione"),
+    (1e72, "dodicilione"),
+    (1e78, "tredicilione"),
+    (1e84, "quattordicilione"),
+    (1e90, "quindicilione"),
+    (1e96, "sedicilione"),
+    (1e102, "diciasettilione"),
+    (1e108, "diciottilione"),
+    (1e114, "dicianovilione"),
+    (1e120, "vintilione"),
+    (1e306, "unquinquagintillion"),
+    (1e312, "duoquinquagintillion"),
+    (1e336, "sesquinquagintillion"),
+    (1e366, "unsexagintillion")
+])
+
+
+SHORT_SCALE_IT = collections.OrderedDict([
+    (100, 'cento'),
+    (1000, 'mila'),
+    (1000000, 'milioni'),
+    (1e9, "miliardi"),
+    (1e12, 'bilioni'),
+    (1e15, "biliardi"),
+    (1e18, "trilioni"),
+    (1e21, "triliardi"),
+    (1e24, "quadrilioni"),
+    (1e27, "quadriliardi"),
+    (1e30, "quintilioni"),
+    (1e33, "quintiliardi"),
+    (1e36, "sestilioni"),
+    (1e39, "sestiliardi"),
+    (1e42, "settilioni"),
+    (1e45, "settiliardi"),
+    (1e48, "ottilioni"),
+    (1e51, "ottiliardi"),
+    (1e54, "nonilioni"),
+    (1e57, "noniliardi"),
+    (1e60, "decilioni"),
+    (1e63, "deciliardi"),
+    (1e66, "undicilioni"),
+    (1e69, "undiciliardi"),
+    (1e72, "dodicilioni"),
+    (1e75, "dodiciliardi"),
+    (1e78, "tredicilioni"),
+    (1e81, "trediciliardi"),
+    (1e84, "quattrordicilioni"),
+    (1e87, "quattordiciliardi"),
+    (1e90, "quindicilioni"),
+    (1e93, "quindiciliardi"),
+    (1e96, "sedilicioli"),
+    (1e99, "sediciliardo"),
+    (1e102, "diciassettilioni"),
+    (1e105, "diciassettiliardi"),
+    (1e108, "diciottilioni"),
+    (1e111, "diciottiliardi"),
+    (1e114, "dicianovilioni"),
+    (1e117, "dicianoviliardi"),
+    (1e120, "vintilione"),
+    (1e123, "vintiliardo"),
+    (1e153, "quinquagintillion"),
+    (1e183, "sexagintillion"),
+    (1e213, "septuagintillion"),
+    (1e243, "octogintillion"),
+    (1e273, "nonagintillion"),
+    (1e303, "centillion"),
+    (1e306, "uncentillion"),
+    (1e309, "duocentillion"),
+    (1e312, "trescentillion"),
+    (1e333, "decicentillion"),
+    (1e336, "undecicentillion"),
+    (1e363, "viginticentillion"),
+    (1e366, "unviginticentillion"),
+    (1e393, "trigintacentillion"),
+    (1e423, "quadragintacentillion"),
+    (1e453, "quinquagintacentillion"),
+    (1e483, "sexagintacentillion"),
+    (1e513, "septuagintacentillion"),
+    (1e543, "ctogintacentillion"),
+    (1e573, "nonagintacentillion"),
+    (1e603, "ducentillion"),
+    (1e903, "trecentillion"),
+    (1e1203, "quadringentillion"),
+    (1e1503, "quingentillion"),
+    (1e1803, "sescentillion"),
+    (1e2103, "septingentillion"),
+    (1e2403, "octingentillion"),
+    (1e2703, "nongentillion"),
+    (1e3003, "millinillion")
+])
+
 
 def nice_number_it(number, speech, denominators):
     """ Italian helper for nice_number