📚 Everyday Words
These are the small phrases that keep conversations moving, the ones you use when ordering food, asking for help, or just being polite. Learn them and everyday Spanish starts feeling more usable.
🟢 Essential Everyday Expressions
👋 Hello → Hola
😊 Please → Por favor
🙏 Thank you → Gracias
❤️ You're welcome → De nada
👍 Of course → Claro
🤝 No problem → No hay problema
👥 Tú vs. Usted
👋 Informal: Tú
Tú is the relaxed form. Use it with friends, family, and people you already know well.
¿Vienes conmigo?
Coming with me?
Tú is the relaxed form. Use it with friends, family, and people you already know well.
¿Vienes conmigo?
Coming with me?
🤝 Formal: Usted
Usted keeps a little distance. Reach for it with strangers, older people, or in professional situations.
¿Viene usted conmigo?
Would you like to come with me?
Usted keeps a little distance. Reach for it with strangers, older people, or in professional situations.
¿Viene usted conmigo?
Would you like to come with me?
Quick tip: Start formal if you’re unsure. If they switch to tú, you can do the same.
🟡 Useful Everyday Questions
📸 Could you take a photo for me? → ¿Me puede tomar una foto?
🍽️ What do you recommend? → ¿Qué me recomienda?
📶 Do you have Wi-Fi? → ¿Tiene wifi?
🚶 Is it far? → ¿Está lejos?
🗣️ Could you repeat that? → ¿Puede repetir eso?
❓ What does that mean? → ¿Qué significa eso?
🔵 Common Responses
😄 I'm doing well. → Estoy bien.
👍 Of course! → ¡Claro!
🎉 No problem. → No hay problema.
👌 Sounds good. → Me parece bien.
🤝 See you later. → Hasta luego.
🌙 Good night. → Buenas noches.
🚨 Survival Spanish
🗣️ No hablo mucho español.
I don’t speak much Spanish.
I don’t speak much Spanish.
🐢 Más despacio, por favor.
A little slower, please.
A little slower, please.
🌍 ¿Habla inglés?
Do you speak English?
Do you speak English?
🤔 No entiendo.
I don’t follow.
I don’t follow.
🆘 Necesito ayuda.
I need some help.
I need some help.
🗣️ ¿Puede hablar más despacio?
Could you slow down a bit?
Could you slow down a bit?
💬 Everyday Phrases
☕ ¿Me recomienda una cafetería?
Any café you’d recommend?
Any café you’d recommend?
🛍️ Solo estoy mirando.
Just browsing, thanks.
Just browsing, thanks.
🎉 ¡Qué buena idea!
That’s a great idea!
That’s a great idea!
🌞 Que tenga un buen día.
Hope you have a good day.
Hope you have a good day.
🗺️ Regional Expressions
🇪🇸 Vale → Okay / All right
You’ll hear this constantly in Spain.
You’ll hear this constantly in Spain.
🇲🇽 Órale → Okay! / Come on! / Wow!
Usually Mexican. The tone decides whether it means “sure,” “hurry up,” or “wow.”
Usually Mexican. The tone decides whether it means “sure,” “hurry up,” or “wow.”
🇦🇷 Dale → Okay! / Sure! / Go ahead!
Big in Argentina, but shows up in other places too.
Big in Argentina, but shows up in other places too.
🇨🇴 ¡Qué chévere! → How cool! / That’s awesome!
Common in Colombia and a few other countries when something’s genuinely cool.
Common in Colombia and a few other countries when something’s genuinely cool.
📝 Example Sentences
📶 ¿Tiene wifi gratis?
Is there free Wi-Fi here?
Is there free Wi-Fi here?
🍽️ ¿Qué plato me recomienda?
What dish would you recommend?
What dish would you recommend?
📸 ¿Me puede tomar una foto, por favor?
Could you take a picture of us, please?
Could you take a picture of us, please?
🤔 Lo siento, no entiendo.
Sorry, I’m not following.
Sorry, I’m not following.
🛍️ Gracias, pero solo estoy mirando.
Thanks, I’m just looking around.
Thanks, I’m just looking around.
🌞 Muchas gracias. Que tenga un buen día.
Thanks a lot. Have a good one.
Thanks a lot. Have a good one.
🏆 Final Practice
Say each one out loud before you hit play.
- ¿Me puede tomar una foto?
- ¿Qué me recomienda?
- No hablo mucho español.
- Más despacio, por favor.
- No entiendo.
- Solo estoy mirando.
- ¡Qué buena idea!
- Que tenga un buen día.