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Basics
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Getting Around
Hotels/Lodgings
Eating/Drinking Out
Chatting Up
Numbers
 

Spanish has only 5 vowel sounds:
"a" - as in "cat"
"e" - like the first 'e' in "elephant"
"i" - as in "police"
"o" - as in "top"
"u" - to rhyme with "two"

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Getting Things

I want/I'd like
Give me...
Do you have...?
What's this?
What's this/that called?

 

Quiero
Dame...
¿Tiene...?
¿Qué es esto?
¿Esto cómo se llama?

   

Getting Around

Where is...?
...the bus station?
...the train station?
...the nearest underground
railway station?
...the Savoy Hotel?
...the post office?
...the nearest bank?
...the tourist information office?
...the toilet?
Straight on
Left/right
At the back
Upstairs/downstairs
Is it far?
How far is it?
How do you get to...?
Is this the train for...?
A (return) ticket to...

Avenue
Boulevard
Street
Main road/highway
Motorway
Dual carriageway
Toll road

 

¿Dónde está...?
¿...la estación de autobuses?
¿...la estación de ferrocarril?
¿...la estación de metro
más cercana?
¿...el Hotel Savoy?
¿...la oficina de correos?
¿...el banco más cercano?
¿...la oficina de turismo?
¿...el servicio?
Todo recto
Izquierda/derecha
Al fondo
Arriba/abajo
¿Está lejos?
¿A qué distancia está?
¿Cómo se llega a...?
¿Es este el tren para...?
Un billete (de ida y vuelta) para...

Avenida
Paseo
Calle
Carretera
Autopista
Autovía
Autopista de peaje

   

Hotels/Lodgings

Do you have...
...a room?
...a double/single room?
...with twin beds?
...with a double bed?
...a double room with an extra bed?
...with shower/bath?
...for one night/two nights?
How much is it?
It's too expensive
Do you have anything cheaper?

 

¿Tiene...?
¿...una habitación?
¿...una habitación doble/sencilla?
¿...con dos camas?
¿...con cama de matrimonio?
¿...una habitación triple?
¿...con ducha/baño?
¿...para una noche/dos noches?
¿Cuánto es?
Es demasiado caro
¿Tiene algo más económico?

   

Eating Out/Drinking

I'd like...
...a beer
...a draught beer
...a glass of red/white wine
...the set menu

Two beers
A bottle of the house red/white/rosé

The bill, please

 

 

Quiero...
...una cerveza
...una caña
...un vino (tinto) / un vino blanco
...el menú del día

Dos cervezas
Una botella de vino tinto/blanco/rosado
de la casa
La cuenta, por favor

 

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