Conversational Spanish Survival Phrases

Use this as a language resource as you learn to speak Spanish, or Spanish ! You find lists of words and vocabulary below of the Common Spanish Phrases , the Spanish Phrases for Meeting and Greeting and Spanish at the Restaurant, which will help you with conversational Spanish.

The following Spanish language lesson is a partial excerpt from Transparent Language's Spanish software, Learn Spanish Now!.

Additional resources:

• Hear Spanish phrases to learn pronunciation spoken by a native Spanish speaker.
• Spanish Word of the Day, which can also help anyone learn to speak Spanish one word at a time.

Common Spanish Phrases

• Sí. Yes.
• No. No.
• Buenos días. Good morning.
• Buenas tardes. Good afternoon.
• Buenas noches. Good night.
• Por favor. Please.
• Gracias. Thank you.
• De nada. You're welcome.
• Perdóneme. Excuse me.
• Lo siento. I'm sorry.

Meeting and Greeting

• ¿Cómo se llama Ud.? What is your name?
• Me llamo Martín. My name is Martin.
• Esta es Catalina. This is Catalina.
• ¿Cómo está Ud.? How are you?
• ¡Que tenga un buen día! Have a nice day!
• ¿Habla Ud. inglés? Do you speak English?
• ¿Se habla inglés aquí? Does anyone here speak English?
• No lo entiendo. I don't understand.
• ¿Qué dijo Ud.? What did you say?
• ¿Puede hablar más lentamente? Could you speak more slowly?
• Lo comprendo perfectamente. I understand perfectly.
• ¿Qué tal ha estado Ud.? How have you been?
• Estoy bien, gracias. I am fine, thank you.
• Mucho gusto en conocerlo. I am pleased to meet you.

Spanish at the Restaurant

• ¿Me trae la carta de menús, por favor? May I have a menu, please?
• ¿Cuál es la especialidad del día? What is the special today?
• ¿Qué es esto? What is this?
• ¿Qué incluye este plato? What is in this dish?
• ¿Qué me recomienda? What do you recommend?
• Esto no me gusta. I don't like this.
• Soy alérgico a... I am allergic to...
• Quisiera... I would like...
• Quisiera empezar con... I would like to start with...
• ¿Me trae otro vaso? May I have another glass?
• ¿Me trae otra servilleta? May I have another napkin?
• ¿Me trae helado, por favor? May I have some ice cream, please?

When learning Italian survival phrases, restaurant vocabulary is also available.