Essential Spanish Words: Comprehensive Learning Guide

Embarking on the journey to learn Spanish can be both exciting and challenging. To help you get started, here is a comprehensive guide with essential words and phrases across various categories that will form the foundation of your Spanish vocabulary.

Basic Greetings

Hello

Spanish: Hola (oh-lah)

How are you?

Spanish: ¿Cómo estás? (koh-moh ehs-tahs)

Thank you

Spanish: Gracias (grah-syahs)

Goodbye

Spanish: Adiós (ah-dyohs)

Please

Spanish: Por favor (pohr fah-vohr)

Yes

Spanish: Sí (see)

No

Spanish: No (noh)

Colors

Red

Spanish: Rojo (roh-hoh)

Blue

Spanish: Azul (ah-sool)

Green

Spanish: Verde (behr-deh)

Yellow

Spanish: Amarillo (ah-mah-ree-yoh)

Black

Spanish: Negro (neh-groh)

White

Spanish: Blanco (blahn-koh)

Numbers

One

Spanish: Uno (oo-noh)

Two

Spanish: Dos (dohs)

Three

Spanish: Tres (trehs)

Four

Spanish: Cuatro (kwah-troh)

Five

Spanish: Cinco (seen-koh)

Six

Spanish: Seis (says)

Seven

Spanish: Siete (syeh-teh)

Eight

Spanish: Ocho (oh-choh)

Nine

Spanish: Nueve (nweh-veh)

Ten

Spanish: Diez (dyehs)

Days of the Week

Monday

Spanish: Lunes (loo-nehs)

Tuesday

Spanish: Martes (mahr-tehs)

Wednesday

Spanish: Miércoles (myehr-koh-lehs)

Thursday

Spanish: Jueves (hweh-behs)

Friday

Spanish: Viernes (byehr-nehs)

Saturday

Spanish: Sábado (sah-bah-doh)

Sunday

Spanish: Domingo (doh-meen-goh)

Common Phrases

What is your name?

Spanish: ¿Cómo te llamas? (koh-moh teh yah-mahs)

My name is…

Spanish: Me llamo… (meh yah-moh)

Where is the bathroom?

Spanish: ¿Dónde está el baño? (dohn-deh ehs-tah ehl bah-nyoh)

How much does this cost?

Spanish: ¿Cuánto cuesta esto? (kwahn-toh kwehs-tah ehs-toh)

I don’t understand

Spanish: No entiendo (noh ehn-tyen-doh)

Can you help me?

Spanish: ¿Puedes ayudarme? (pweh-dehs ah-yoo-dahr-meh)

Start Learning Today

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