-Hola. My name is Azalea and I teach Spanish with TakeLessons Live.
Are you traveling to a Spanish-speaking country soon?
If you're hoping to learn some basic phrases to make your trip a success
look no further.
In this video you're going to learn the most important
and common vocabulary words for tourists
whether you're vacationing in Mexico, Spain or South America.
So stay tuned and don't forget to click the link below
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Let's take a look at some phrases for traveling.
When we travel to a foreign country where we need to speak Spanish
the first thing we need to learn is how to say hello.
Let's start with a few greetings.
Let's learn, "good morning" "buenos días".
This works whenever you wake up
early early in the morning all the way to noon.
Now, at 12:00 PM we can start saying, "Good afternoon"
which is "buenas tardes".
We can keep going saying, "Buenas tardes"
all the way until like 6:00 PM
maybe start saying "Good evening" or "good night"
which is the same in Spanish, "Buenas noches".
This phrase works if you're arriving to a restaurant
or arriving to a party.
You want to say, "Oh, hello, good evening".
"Buenas noches. Hola, buenas noches".
Whenever you're leaving you can also say
"Buenas noches, adiós. Buenas noches".
Now, let's add a little bit more to this phrase.
"Hola, buenos días. ¿Cómo está?"
which means "Hello, good morning. How are you?"
"Hola, buenos días. ¿Cómo está?"
If you have a question
it's nice to say the following phrase
"Excuse me, I have a question".
"Disculpe, tengo una pregunta".
The word "disculpe" means "Excuse me" or "I'm sorry".
You can use it if you bump into someone or
"Oh, you dropped something"
you can say, "Disculpe". "Excuse me" or, "Oh, sorry. Whoops".
You can also say, "Perdón".
Perdón means, "I'm sorry".
It doesn't work to ask for someone's attention
like, "Excuse me, I have a question".
You wouldn't say, "Perdón, tengo una pregunta".
That would be apologizing because you have a question.
So, "perdón" if you bump into someone
if you drop something. "Perdón". "I'm sorry".
If everything is going great in your trip and you want to say, "Thank you"
you can say, "Muchas gracias".
"Lots of thanks".
In México you can also say "Muchísimas gracias", even more thanks.
If you would like to tell a person to have a nice day
you would say, "Que tenga un buen día".
If you hear this phrase for you
you would say, "Oh, likewise". You can say, "Igualmente".
Now, when arriving to your hotel
you might want to check on your reservation or ask for a room
so you will go to the lobby
and say, "Buenas tardes. Tengo una reservación"
which means, "Good afternoon. I have a reservation".
Of course, you can change "buenas tardes"
for "buenos días", "buenas noches".
If you're unsure or if oh, is it noon? Is it not?
You can just say, "Buen día" "Good day"
or "Hola", "Hello".
If you don't have a reservation
maybe you're calling to the hotel to make one or you're arriving to the lobby
"I'm looking for a room. I need to book a room"
you can say the following phrase
"I would like to make a reservation".
"Me gustaría hacer una reservación".
Remember the word, "Excuse me", "Disculpe".
We can now say "Excuse me, I need help with my luggage".
"Disculpe, necesito ayuda con mi equipaje".
If you need something at the hotel, maybe more towels
you can say, "Necesito más toallas, por favor".
"I need more towels, please".
If you're ever in trouble and you are not sure how to say something in Spanish
you want to ask the other person
if they speak English or they speak French or your language
you can say, "Disculpe, ¿habla inglés?"
If you want to ask a person to repeat something in Spanish
you can say, "Perdón, ¿puede repetirlo?"
This is, "I'm sorry, can you repeat it?"
"Perdón, ¿puede repetirlo?"
We can also add to this phrase "Oh, I'm sorry, can you repeat it slowly?"
"Perdón, ¿puede repetirlo más despacio?"
To ask, "Where is the bathroom?"
we can say in Spanish, "¿Dónde está el baño?"
If you need to know where is the pool
you can say, "¿Dónde está la piscina?"
"Piscina" is known as pool in Spain, in South America
in Mexico, but in Mexico they also use another word for pool
"alberca". "¿Dónde está la alberca?"
If you ever need an ATM, where is the ATM
you can say it this way
"¿Dónde está el cajero automático?"
and if you ever need to exchange money
currency exchange place, you would ask
"¿Dónde está la casa de cambio?"
We can also say "Disculpe, ¿hay una casa de cambio?"
This is, "Excuse me is there a currency exchange place?"
If you need to buy something and you're wondering what the price is
you can ask, "How much does it cost?" "¿Cuánto cuesta?"
Now, if you're in a restaurant with your family
with your friends, you need to order
you would say this phrase "Joven, estamos listos para ordenar".
This is when you're talking to a male waiter
"Young man, we are ready to order".
If you're speaking to a waitress
then you would say, "Señorita"
which is, "Young lady", or just "lady".
"Señorita, ya estamos listos para ordenar".
"We are ready to order".
For the phrase "I would like to order a salad, please"
you would say, "Me gustaría ordenar una ensalada, por favor".
To say the phrase, "Can you bring me some chicken with rice without spicy pepper?"
it's going to be "¿Me puede traer pollo con arroz sin chile?"
If you don't eat pepper this is important to know in Mexico
"Sin chile, por favor".
If you would like to order more water for your whole table
you would say, "¿Nos trae más agua, por favor?"
"Would you bring us more water, please?"
If you need the check you would say
"¿Me trae la cuenta, por favor?"
"Would you bring me the check, please?"
Let's talk about when we are getting around,
we're taking a taxi or an Uber or a Lyft,
you can tell your ride "We are going to the California Hotel, please".
You can say in Spanish "Vamos al Hotel California, por favor".
If you need to go somewhere you're looking for a taxi,
you're planning to walk,
you could ask the front desk, "How do I get here?"
and show them here. "¿Cómo llego aquí?".
"How do I get here?" If you need a taxi
"Necesito un taxi". If you're looking for the bus stop
or "Where can I get in a bus?" "¿Dónde puedo tomar el autobús?"
Notice "tomar" can mean to take, to drink
to take literally something from the table.
You're not taking a bus you're getting in the bus
but that's how it translates to Spanish.
"¿Dónde puedo tomar el autobús?"
"Where can I get in the bus or take the bus?
A word for "bus" in Mexico is "camión"
but the most common one, "autobús".
For the phrase "I need help"
which you might need, of course you can say, "Necesito ayuda".
Which of these Spanish travel phrases
will you use the most during your trip?
Leave a comment and let us know.
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