my @numbers = ( undef, 
                { it => "uno", sp => "uno",  fr => "un"}, 
                { it => "due", sp => "dos",  fr => "deux"},  
                { it => "tre", sp => "tres", fr => "trois"},
                # ...
              );

##</code><code>##

0  ARRAY(0x6004f9c80)
   0  undef
   1  HASH(0x600636430)
      'fr' => 'un'
      'it' => 'uno'
      'sp' => 'uno'
   2  HASH(0x6005d18a8)
      'fr' => 'deux'
      'it' => 'due'
      'sp' => 'dos'
   3  HASH(0x6005d1920)
      'fr' => 'trois'
      'it' => 'tre'
      'sp' => 'tres'

##</code><code>##

print $numbers[2]{it};