Speak Spanish With Costa Blanca Holiday
Learn Essential Spanish Phrases
Speaking Spanish when you travel to the Costa Blanca is always a nice touch. You may not be able to learn the language of every country you visit, but it is always good to learn a few essential phrases and words. Hello, goodbye, please, thank you etc. It is a misconception that every European will always speak English so a few words under your belt may help you, and it is surprising how encouraged you feel when you have been understood. Most locals in the Costa Blanca and the rest of Spain appreciate the fact that you are trying.
A worthwhile purchase for any trip, whatever the country, is a good pocket sized phrase book. This helps you to speak the essentials for going out, ordering meals etc, but if you get stuck it also enables you to show the word that you are trying to say.
Spanish Phrase Books
Click the link above to see the complete selection of phrase books you can buy books from play.com some from as low as £1.49 all with free delivery. Alternatively, click the more info links below to see more information about some of the top selling Spanish Phrase books.
| Berlitz Spanish Phrase book And Dictionary | Essential Spanish Phrase book and Dictionary |
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| AA Essential Spanish Phrase book | Lonely Planet Spanish Phrase book |
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Some Useful Spanish Phrases
Below we have included some useful Spanish phrases, this is just a very small selection, but it will help get you started. If you want to learn more follow the links above to buy a comprehensive phrase book delivered to your door Free of Charge. After the Spanish phrases below, we will provide information on some good Spanish books and courses for you to learn Spanish before you go.
| English | Spanish | Phonetically |
| Greetings And Apologies | ||
| Hello/Hi! Good morning Good afternoon/evening Good night Goodbye Excuse me (getting attention) Excuse me (may I get past) Excuse me! / Sorry It was an accident Never mind Excuse me! / Sorry |
¡hola! Buenos diás Buenos tarde Buenos Noches Adiós ¡Disculpe! Disculpe ¡Perdón! / ¡Lo siento! Fue un accidente No tiene importancia ¡Perdón! / ¡Lo siento! |
ola bwenas deeyas bwenas tardes bwenas noches adyos deeskulpeh deeskulpay perdon / lo seeyento fweh oon aktheedenteh no tyeneh eemportantheeya perdon / lo seeyento |
| Essential Phrases | ||
| Yes No OK Please Thank you Thank you very much Don't mention it |
Sí No ¡Vale! Por Favor Gracias Muchas Gracias De nada |
see no bale por fabor gratheeyas moochas gratheeyas de nada |
| Problems With Communication | ||
| Do you speak English Does anyone here speak English I don't speak Spanish I don't speak much Spanish Could you speak more slowly? Could you repeat that please? I understand I don't understand Do you understand? |
¿Habla inglés? ¿Hay alguien que hable inglés? No hablo español No hablo mucho español ¿podria hablar más despacio? ¿podria repetir eso? Entiendo No entiendo ¿Entiende? |
abla eengles eye algeeyen keh ableh eengles no ablo espanyol no ablo moocho espanyol podreeya ablar mas depatheeyo podreeya repeteer eso enteeyendo no enteeyendo enteeyendeh |
| Eating Out | ||
| Where are the toilets How much is that? On the left On the right Could we sit ... Over there Outside In a non-smoking area By the window Where can I/we have a snack? A table for ... please I'd like to pay The bill please Ice cream bar Do you have a set menu I'll have .... A bottle A glass For starters For main course For dessert A beer A Tea A Coffee Black / With milk A Fruit Juice A mineral water A Red wine AWhite Wine |
Dónde los servicios ¿Cuánto es? A la izquierda A la derecha ¿podríamos sentarnos? allí Fuera En una zona de no fumadores al lado de la ventana ¿Dónde se puede comer algo? Una mesa para ... por favor Quiero pagar La cuenta por favor Heladaría ¿Tienen un menú del día? Tomaré .... Una botella Un vaso Para primero Para segundo Para postre Una cerveza Un té Un café solo / con leche un zumo de fruta Un agua mineral Un vino tinto Un vino Blanco |
dondeh los serbeetheyos kwonto es a la eethkeeyerda a la derecha Podreeyamos sentarnos a-yee fwera en oona thona de no foomadores al lado deh la bentana dondeh se pweday komair algo oona mesa para ... por fabor Keeyero pagar La kwenta ... por fabor una eladereeya teeyenen oon menoo del deeya tomareh oona botel-ya oon baso para preemero para segoondo para postray oona therbetha oon teh oon kafeh solo / kon lecheh oon thoomo deh froota oon agwa meeneral oon beeno teento oon beeno blanko |
| Numbers | ||
| 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 500 1,000 2,000 1 million 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th |
cero uno dos tres cuatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez once doce trece catorce quince dieciséis diecisiete dieciocho diecinueve veinte veintiuno veintidós veintitrés veinticuatro veinticinco veintiséis veintisiete veintiocho veintinueve treinta cuarenta cincuenta sesenta setenta ochenta noventa cien ciento diez quinientos mil dos mil un millón primero segundo tercero cuarto quinto sexto séptimo octavo noveno décimo |
thero oono dos tres kwatro theenko says seeyeteh ocho nwebeh deeyeth ontheh dotheh tretheh katortheh keentheh deeyetheesays deeyetheeseeyeteh deeyetheeocho deeyetheenwebeh baynteh bayntehoono bayntehdos bayntehtres bayntehkwatro bayntehtheenko bayntehsays bayntehseeyeteh bayntehocho bayntehnwebeh traynta kwarenta theenkwenta sesenta setenta ochenta nobenta theeyen diez theeyentodyeth keeneeyentos meel dos meel oon meel-yon preemero segoondo terthero kwarto keento seksto septeemo oktabo nobeno detheemo |
| Days Of The Week | ||
| Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday |
Lunes Martes Miercoles Jueves Viernes Sábado Domingo |
loones martes meeyerkoles khwebes beyernes sabado domeengo |
Spanish Language Courses - Learn Spanish
There is really no substitute for learning the Spanish language. Learning conversational Spanish adequately for holidays can be done with a little spare time at home and in your car. Take a look below at the Spanish language course deals which we have found for you.
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We hope that you find this page useful both as a source of reference for some basic Spanish phrases and also as an aid to help you find the perfect Spanish phrase books and language courses to learn Spanish. We want your stay in the Costa Blanca to be an enjoyable one and are sure that you will find some of the information here will be useful when you stay in our apartment in Guardamar.


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