This week we are travelling to Tenerife woohooohooo 🙂 Let’s catch up with few basic Spanish phrases 🙂 We do want to impress locals!
Say Hello
Good morning – Buenos días (bway nos dee ahs)
Good afternoon – Buenas tardes (bway nahs tar days)
Good evening – Buenas noches (bway nahs noh chayss)
Hi – Hola (oh lah)
Be polite
How are you? – ¿Cómo está? (coh moh es tah)
Good, thank you – bien, gracias (bee ayn, grah cee ahs)
Please – Por favor (por fah vohr)
Thank you – Gracias (grah cee ahs)
Nice to meet you – Mucho gusto” (moo choh goos toh)
Useful phrases
Do you speak English? – ¿Habla inglés? (ahblah een glays)?
Where is…? – ¿Dónde está? (dohn des tah)
How much does it cost? – ¿Cuánto cuesta? (cwahn toh cways tah)?
What time is it? – ¿Qué hora es? (kay orah ess)?
Do you understand? – ¿Entiende? (ayn tee ayn day)?
I understand – Yo entiendo (yoh ayn tee ayn doh)
I don’t understand – Yo no entiendo (yoh noh ayn tee ayn doh)
Restaurant
A table for two – Una mesa para dos (oona may sah pah rah dohss)
I want… – Yo quiero… (yoh kee ayr oh)
I would like… – Me gustaría… (may goo stah ree ah)
The check – La cuenta (lah cwayn tah)
