Essential Spanish Expressions
Essential Spanish Expressions
If you’re off on holiday to Spain or a Spanish speaking country this summer, or are just taking a short weekend break, you will want to have these useful expressions in your pocket.
| Hello | Hola (oh-lah) |
| Goodbye | Adiós (ah-dee-ohs) |
| Please | Por favor (por fah-bor) |
| Thank you | Gracias (grah-see-ahs) |
| Yes | Sí (see) |
| No | No (no) |
| Excuse me/sorry | Disculpe/Perdone (dees-kool-peh / pehr-dohnay) |
| My name is… | Mi nombre es/Me llamo… (mee nohm-breh ess/may yah-moh) |
| What is your name? | ¿Cómo te llamas? (koh-moh tay yah-mahs) |
| Nice to meet you | Encantado/a (en-cahn-tah-doh/da) |
| Where do you come from? | ¿De dónde eres? (day dohn-day eh-rehs) |
| I come from Great Britain | Soy de Gran Bretaña |
| How are you? | ¿Qué tal estás? ( (kay tahl ay-stahs) |
| Where is…? | ¿Dónde está…? (dohn-deh eh-stah) |
| I would like (2 bottles of water) | Me gustaría / ¿Me puede dar? (dos botellas de agua) |
| How much is that? | ¿Cuánto cuesta esto? |
| How do I get to…? | ¿Cómo puedo ir a…? |
| I don’t understand | No (lo) entiendo (noh (loh) ehn-tyen-doh) |
| I’m sorry, I don’t speak Spanish | Lo siento, no hablo español (loh see-ehn-toh noh ah-bloh eh-spahn-yol) |
| Do you speak English? | ¿Hablas inglés? (ah-blahs een-glehs) |
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