Some Useful Spanish

Phrases

General phrases
English

Spanish translation

Pronunciation

Hello/Hi

Hola

O-la

Goodbye

Adios

Addy-oss

Yes/No

Si/No

See/Noh

Please/Thank you

Por favor/Gracias

Poor fa-vor/Grats-y-ass

Excuse me

Con permiso

Kon per-mi-so

What is your name?

Como se llama?

Komo say l-yama?

My name is...

Me llamo...

Me lya-mo...

Do you speak English?

Habla usted ingls?

Ab-la oos-ted een-glez?

I don't speak Spanish

No hablo espaol

No a-blow ez-pan-yol

I don't understand

No entiendo

No on-tee-endo

Please repeat

Repita, por favor

Rep-ee-ta, por fa-vor

What time is it?

Qu hora es?

Keh oor-ra ez?

English

Spanish translation

Pronunciation

Where can I/we get a taxi?

Dnde se cogen los taxis?

Don-de se kog-gen loss tak-sees?

Where is the nearest bank?

Dnde est el banco mas

cercano?

Don-de esta el banko mas

therkano?

Where can I find a bureau de

change?

Dnde est el despacho de

cambio mas cercano?

Don-de esta el despacho deh kambeeyo mas

therkano?

Where is the petrol station?

Dnde hay una gasolinera?

Don-de ay oona gaso-lee-ne-ra?

Where can I get a taxi?

Dnde puedo coger un

Don-de pwedo kogger oon taksee?

Out and about

taxi?
Where is the swimming pool?

Dnde est la piscina?

Don-de esta la pees-theena?

Do you accept credit cards?

Aceptan tarjetas de crdito?

A-sep-tan tar-hay-tas de cred-ee-to?

(to the) Left

(a la) izquierda

(ah la) eez-kee-erda

(to the) Right

(a la) derecha

(ah la) deray-cha

Straight on

Derecho

De-ray-cho

Stop!

Alto!

Al-tow!

Food and drink

English

Spanish translation

Pronunciation

Can I have a menu please?

La carta, por favor

La carta, por favor

When is breakfast?

A qu hora el desayuno

A kay ora el dess-ay-oono?

When is lunch?

A qu hora es la comida

A kay ora eh la comm-ee-da?

When is dinner?

A qu hora es la cena?

A kay ora eh la see-na?

Is there a good restaurant near

here?

Hay un buen restaurante cerca

de aqui?

Eye oon bwen restaurant-ay therka de akee?

Where can I find a bar?

Dnde puedo encontrar bar?

Don-de pwedo enkon-tra bar?

A beer, please

Una cerveza, por favor

Oona therbetha por favor

I would like a glass of white wine,

please

Quiero un vaso de vino

blanco, por favor

Kyero oon basso deh beeno blanko por favor

I would like a glass of red wine,

please

Quiero un vaso de vino tinto,

por favor

Kyero oon basso deh beeno teento por favor

I would like a bottle of white/red

wine please

Una botella de vino

blanco/tinto, por favor

Oona bot-telya de beeno blanko/teento, por

favor

A cup of tea/coffee with milk,

please

Un t/caf con leche, por favor

Oon tay/ka-fay con le-chay, por favor

I would like a glass of iced/mineral

water, please

Quiero un vaso de agua

helada/mineral, por favor

Ki-ero oon basso de agwa elada/meeneral, por

favor

Cheers!

Salud!

Sa-lood!

How much?

Cunto?

Kwan-to?

Can I have the bill, please?

La cuenta, por favor

La kwenta por fa-vor

Where is the toilet?

Dnde est el servicio?

Don-de esta el serbee-theeyo?

Help!
English

Spanish translation

Pronunciation

Help!

Ayuda!

A-yoo-da!

Where can I find a doctor?

Donde puedo encontrar un

medico?

Don-de pwedo enkontrar oon medeeko?

Where is the nearest pharmacy?

Donde esta la farmacia mas

proxima?

Don-de esta la farma-theeya mas

prokseema?

Where can I find a dentist?

Donde puedo encontrar un

dentista?

Don-de pwedo enkontrar oon denteesta?

Where is the nearest police

station?

Donde esta la comisaria (de

policia) mas cercana?

Don-de esta la komees-areeya (de

poleetheeya) mas therkana?