📱 Social Media - Redes sociales

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Beginner Spanish · Social media

Social Media Spanish

Social media Spanish becomes useful when you can ask for a username, talk about posts and photos, follow an account, tag a friend, share something, and send a direct message.

Your next small win: talk about a social media account, use common posting actions, ask someone to tag or share something, and exchange usernames.

Start with the account

Core Social Media Vocabulary

These words cover the most common parts of a social media account and the content people share.

redes sociales
Social media
perfil
Profile
cuenta
Account
publicación
Post
foto
Photo
comentario
Comment

Name four social media words

Say “profile, account, post, and comment” in Spanish.

More social media vocabulary
seguidor / seguidora
Follower
mensaje directo
Direct message
notificación
Notification
nombre de usuario
Username
en línea
Online
hashtag / etiqueta
Hashtag / tag

Post and share content

Common Social Media Actions

A small set of verbs covers many everyday social media actions.

publicar
To post
compartir
To share
seguir
To follow
comentar
To comment
etiquetar
To tag
enviar un mensaje
To send a message
Voy a publicar una foto nueva.
I'm going to post a new photo.
¿Puedes compartir esta publicación?
Can you share this post?
Me gusta mucho tu publicación.
I really like your post.
Voy a comentar en la publicación.
I'm going to comment on the post.

Useful pattern: voy a + infinitive is a simple way to talk about something you plan to do next: voy a publicar, voy a comentar.

Post and share something

Say that you are going to post a new photo, then ask someone to share the post.

Find and follow people

Accounts, Usernames, and Following

These phrases help you find another person's account and connect with them.

¿Usas las redes sociales?
Do you use social media?
¿Tienes una cuenta en redes sociales?
Do you have a social media account?
¿Cuál es tu nombre de usuario?
What's your username?
¿Quieres seguirme?
Do you want to follow me?
Sigo esa cuenta.
I follow that account.
¿Sigues esta cuenta?
Do you follow this account?

Seguir is irregular: the first-person form is sigo, as in Sigo esa cuenta.

Finding someone's account

A
¿Tienes una cuenta en redes sociales?
Do you have a social media account?
B
Sí. ¿Quieres seguirme?
Yes. Do you want to follow me?
A
Claro. ¿Cuál es tu nombre de usuario?
Sure. What's your username?
B
Te lo envío por mensaje.
I'll send it to you in a message.

Find someone's account

Ask whether someone has a social media account, then ask for their username.

Tag, message, and react

Photos, Tags, and Direct Messages

These phrases help you interact with friends around photos, posts, and private messages.

¿Puedes etiquetarme en la foto?
Can you tag me in the photo?
Te voy a etiquetar en esta foto.
I'm going to tag you in this photo.
Envíame un mensaje directo.
Send me a direct message.
Te envío un mensaje.
I'll send you a message.
¡Qué buena foto!
What a great photo!
Me encanta.
I love it.

Useful request pattern: ¿Puedes + infinitive? works well for polite everyday requests, such as ¿Puedes etiquetarme...? and ¿Puedes compartir...?.

Sharing a photo

A
Voy a publicar una foto del viaje.
I'm going to post a photo from the trip.
B
¡Qué bien! ¿Puedes etiquetarme?
Great! Can you tag me?
A
Claro. Te voy a etiquetar en la foto.
Sure. I'm going to tag you in the photo.

Handle a photo and message

Ask someone to tag you in a photo, then ask them to send you a direct message.

Quick reactions
jajaja
Hahaha
¡Felicidades!
Congratulations!
¡Qué bonito!
How beautiful!

Lesson boundary: this lesson focuses on communication inside social media. General apps, Wi-Fi, downloads, files, and device problems belong in the Technology lesson. Longer private conversations belong in Phone Calls and Texting.

Your turn · 8 quick questions

Practice: Social Media Spanish

Choose the answer that best fits each situation. Focus on accounts, usernames, posts, following, sharing, tagging, and direct messages.

Audio uses your device's Spanish text-to-speech voice. Listen to each phrase, then practice talking about accounts, posts, usernames, tags, sharing, and direct messages.