KWIKFIXSPANISH TM English TO Spanish POCKET REFERENCE GUIDE Spanish for Today s Traveler
C O N T E N T S Making Small Talk 4 Dollars & Sense 8 Getting Around 14 At the Hotel 24 Going Out 30 Emergency / Medical 40 Miscellaneous 48
M A K I N G S M A L L T A L K Hello / Goodbye Hola / Adiós OH-lah / ah-dee-ohs Do you speak English? I don t speak Spanish well I don t understand you Do you understand me? Hablas inglés? No hablo español muy bien No te entiendo Me entiendes? AH-blahs / een-gless noh / AH-bloh / ess-pahn-yohl / mwee / bee-en noh / tay / en-tee-en-doh may / en-tee-en-days 4 m a k i n g s m a l l t a l k Can you repeat that? Podrías repetirlo? poh-dree-ahs / ray-pay-teer-loh
D O L L A R S & S E N S E Money Mexico Pesos Pesos PAY-sohs Centavos Centavos sen-tah-vohs 8 Spain Euro Euro ay-oo-roh Centimes Céntimos SEN-tee-mohs d o l l a r s & S e n s e Note: The euro contains 100 céntimes. Coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 céntimes; 1 and 2 euros. Banknotes / bills: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros.
G E T T I N G A R O U N D Airport Where is? Dónde está...? DOHN-day / ess-tah (insert name of airline) When is the next flight to? A qué hora es ah / kay / OHR-ah / ess / (insert destination) el siguiente vuelo a...? ell / see-gee-en-tay / VWAY-loh / ah I need a ticket to Tienes boletos a...? tee-en-ays / boh-lay-tohs / ah (insert destination) I d like a Me gustaría un boleto may / goo-stahr-ee-ah / oon / boh-lay-toh first class ticket en primera clase en / pree-mair-ah / CLAH-say one-way ticket sólo de ida SOH-loh / day / EE-dah round-trip ticket viaje de ida y vuelta vee-ah-hay / day / EE-dah / ee / VWAYL-tah 14 g e t t i n g a r o u n d
A T T H E H O T E L Do you have rooms available? Tienes habitaciones disponibles? tee-en-ays / ah-bee-tah-see-ohn-ays / dees-pohn-ee-blays I need a room for nights (insert number) Me gustaría una habitación por noches may / goo-stahr-ee-ah / OON-ah / ah-bee-tah-see-ohn / pohr / / NOH-chays I have a reservation Tengo una reservación TAYN-goh / OON-ah / ray-sair-vah-see-ohn 24 A t t h e H o t e l My name is Me llamo may / YAH-moh
G O I N G O U T Sightseeing How do I get to? (insert place) KOH-moh / YAY-goh / ah I d like to take a tour of (insert place) may / goo-stahr-ee-ah / ah-sair / oon / ray-kohr-ee-doh / pohr How much is it / admission? 30 g o i n g o u t KWAHN-toh / ess / lah / en-trah-dah What time does the tour start? ah / kay / OHR-ah / em-pee-ay-sah / ell / ray-kohr-ee-doh
E M E R G E N C Y / M E D I C A L General Help! Ayuda! ah-yoo-dah Fire! Fuego! FWAY-goh Call the police! Llama a la policía! YAH-mah / ah / lah / poh-lee-see-ah 40 Call an ambulance! Llama a una ambulancia! YAH-mah / ah / OON-ah / ahm-boo-lahn-see-ah Call the fire department! Llama a los bomberos! YAH-mah / ah / lohs / bohm-bair-ohs Could you please help me? Ayúdame por favor? ah-yoo-dah-may / pohr / fah-vohr I m lost Estoy perdido ess-toy / pair-dee-doh E m e r g e n c y / M e d i c a l
M I S C E L L A N E O U S Please write down Por favor, escribe pohr / fah-vohr, / ess-kree-bay Directions Go / Turn Ir / Dar vuelta eer / dahr / VWAYL-tah left / right a la izquierda / derecha ah / lah / ees-kee-air-dah / day-ray-chah across the street al otro lado de la calle ahl / OH-troh / LAH-doh / day / lah / KAH-yay up / down the street calle arriba / calle abajo KAH-yay / ah-ree-bah / KAH-yay / ah-bah-hoh around the corner a la vuelta de la esquina ah / lah / VWAYL-tah / day / lah / ess-kee-nah 48 m i s c e l l a n e o u s Go blocks (insert number) Camine cuadras kah-mee-nay / / KWAH-drahs It s over there Está allá ess-tah / ah-yah
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