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Spanish words are pronounced with a stress on the penultimate syllable: Es-pa-ña, ex-ce-len-cia, exept for words ending with d, l, r and z, which end with the stress on the final syllable — Va-lla-do-lid. Exceptions to this rule are indicated with an accent which looks like a French acute accent and tells you exactly where to put the stress: pa-ís, ca-fe-te-a, -ga-me.

 

Basics

Yes
No
OK

Please
Thank you (very much)
Thank you
Not at all

 

 


No
Vale

Por favor
(Muchas) gracias
Gracias a usted
De nada

 

I don't understand
I don't speak (much) Spanish
Do you speak English?
I'm English/American/
Canadian/Australian/Irish
I don't know

Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?

This
That

Now
Later

Open
Closed

With
Without

Good
Bad

Big
Small

More
Less

Today
Tomorrow
Yesterday

I
You
He
She
It
We
You (plural)
They

 

No entiendo
No hablo (mucho) español
¿Habla inglés?
Soy inglés/estadounidense/
canadiense/australiano/irlandés
No sé

¿Quién?
¿Qué?
¿Dónde?
¿Cuándo?
¿Por qué?
¿Cómo?

Esto
Eso

Ahora
Más tarde

Abierto/a
Cerrado/a

Con
Sin

Bueno/a
Malo/a

Grande
Pequeño/a

Más
Menos

Hoy
Mañana
Ayer

You

Él
Ella
Él/ella
Nosotros/as
Vosotros/as
Ellos/ellas

 

   

Greetings/Farewells

Hello!
Good morning
Good afternoon/evening
Good evening (at night)
How are you? (formal)
How are you (informal)
Very well, thank you. And you?
Goodbye
See you later
Sorry
It doesn't matter
Excuse me (may I?)
Excuse me (can I have your attention?)

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¡Hola!
Buenos días
Buenas tardes
Buenas noches
¿Cómo está?
¿Qué tal?
Muy bien gracias. ¿Y usted?
Adiós
Hasta luego
Perdone
No importa
Con permiso
¿Por favor?

 

 

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