Learn Basic Spanish Phrases Painlessly

Learn Basic Spanish Phrases Painlessly
By Christabelle Chiam

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

1. Hello / Good Morning / Buenos días / bway-nohs dee-ahs
2. Good Afternoon / Buenas tardes / bway-nahs tard-ays
3. Good Evening / Buenas noches / bway-nahs noh-chays
4. Good bye / Adiós / ah-dee-ohs
5. Please / Por favor / pour fah-vor
6. See you / Hasta la vista / ah-stah lah vees-tah
7. Thank you very much / Muchas Gracias / moo-chahs grah-see-ahs
8. I'm sorry / Lo siento / loh see-ehn-toh
9. How are you? / Cómo está usted? / koh-moh ay-stah oo-sted
10. Good / Bien / Bee-ehn
11. Bad / Mal / Mahl
12. Yes / No / Si / No / See / Noh
13. What is your name? / Cómo se llama usted? / koh-moh say yah-mah oo-sted
14. My name is ... / Me llamo... / may yah-moh
15. Nice to meet you / Mucho gusto / moo-choh goo-stoh
16. Do you speak English? / Hablas ingles? / ah-blahs een-glehs
17. I don't understand / No Entiendo / noh ehn-tyen-doh
18. Can you help me? / Puede ayudarme? / pweh-deh ah-yoo-dar-meh
19. Pardon? / Cómo? / koh-moh
20. Where is ... / Dónde está ... / dohn-deh eh-stah
21. What is that? / Qué es esto? / keh ehs ehs-toh
22. I'm tired / Estoy cansado / eh-stoy kahn-sah-doh
23. I'm hungry / Tengo hambre / tehn-goh ahm-breh
24. I'm hot / cold / Tengo calor / frío / tehn-goh kah-lohr / free-oh
25. Good luck / Buena suerte! / bweh-nah swehr-teh
26. I love you / Te amo / tay ah-moh
27. A lot / mucho
28. A little / poco
29. Sometimes / a veces
30. Usually / usualmente
31. Too bad / qué malo
32. Always / siempre

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

• 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

1. Breakfast / el desayuno
2. Lunch / el almuerzo
3. Dinner / la comida
4. Supper / la cena
5. water / agua
6. milk / leche
7. wine / vino
8. beer / la cerveza
9. bread / el pan
10. eggs / huevos
11. meat / la carne
12. fish / el pescado
13. fruit / la fruta
14. vegetables / las legumbres
15. sugar / el azúcar
16. salt / la sal
17. coffee / café
18. tea / té
19. supermarket / supermercado

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