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Learn Basic Spanish Phrases Painlessly
Spanish is one of the most common spoken languages in the world today. It’s always a good time to learn some Spanish phrases whether you are traveling in Latin America or getting to know the Spanish culture. Learning basic Spanish words and phrases will be an asset to you wherever you go. Here are some everyday basic Spanish words and their pronunciation.
English / Spanish / Pronunciation
- Hello / Good Morning / Buenos días / bway-nohs dee-ahs
- Good Afternoon / Buenas tardes / bway-nahs tard-ays
- Good Evening / Buenas noches / bway-nahs noh-chays
- Good bye / Adiós / ah-dee-ohs
- Please / Por favor / pour fah-vor
- See you / Hasta la vista / ah-stah lah vees-tah
- Thank you very much / Muchas Gracias / moo-chahs grah-see-ahs
- I’m sorry / Lo siento / loh see-ehn-toh
- How are you? / Cómo está usted? / koh-moh ay-stah oo-sted
- Good / Bien / Bee-ehn
- Bad / Mal / Mahl
- Yes / No / Si / No / See / Noh
- What is your name? / Cómo se llama usted? / koh-moh say yah-mah oo-sted
- My name is … / Me llamo… / may yah-moh
- Nice to meet you / Mucho gusto / moo-choh goo-stoh
- Do you speak English? / Hablas ingles? / ah-blahs een-glehs
- I don’t understand / No Entiendo / noh ehn-tyen-doh
- Can you help me? / Puede ayudarme? / pweh-deh ah-yoo-dar-meh
- Pardon? / Cómo? / koh-moh
- Where is … / Dónde está … / dohn-deh eh-stah
- What is that? / Qué es esto? / keh ehs ehs-toh
- I’m tired / Estoy cansado / eh-stoy kahn-sah-doh
- I’m hungry / Tengo hambre / tehn-goh ahm-breh
- I’m hot / cold / Tengo calor / frío / tehn-goh kah-lohr / free-oh
- Good luck / Buena suerte! / bweh-nah swehr-the
- I love you / Te amo / tay ah-moh
- A lot / mucho
- A little / poco
- Sometimes / a veces
- Usually / usualmente
- Too bad / qué malo
- Always / siempre
Numbers
0 / cero / cay-roh
1 / uno / oo-noh
2 / dos / dohs
3 / tres / kuah-troh
4 / cuatro / kuah-troh
5 / cinco / seen-koh
6 / seis / says
7 / siete / see-ay-tae
8 / ocho / oh-choh
9 / nueve / new-ay-vay
10 / diez / dee-ays
Days of the Week
- Monday / lunes / loo-nays
- Tuesday / martes / mar-tays
- Wednesday / miercoles / mee-air-coh-lays
- Thursday / jueves / hway-bays
- Friday / viernes / bee-air-nays
- Saturday / sabado / sah-bah-doh
- Sunday / domingo / doh-ming-oh
- Today / hoy / hoy
- Tomorrow / manana / mahn-yahn-ah
Months of the year
- January / enero / ay-nair-oh
- February / febrero / fay-bray-roh
- March / marzo / mar-soh
- April / abril / ah-breel
- May / mayo / mi-oh
- June / junio / hoo-nee-oh
- July / Julio / hoo-lee-oh
- August / agosto / ah-gos-toh
- September / septiembre / sayp-tee-aim-bray
- October / Octubre / Ohk-too-bray
- November / noviembre / noh-bee-aim-bray
- December / diciembre / dee-see-aim-bray
Food / Shopping
- Breakfast / el desayuno
- Lunch / el almuerzo
- Dinner / la comida
- Supper / la cena
- water / agua
- milk / leche
- wine / vino
- beer / la cerveza
- bread / el pan
- eggs / huevos
- meat / la carne
- fish / el pescado
- fruit / la fruta
- vegetables / las legumbres
- sugar / el azúcar
- salt / la sal
- coffee / café
- tea / té
- supermarket / supermercado