Spanish Phrases - Greetings and Goodbyes

Hello : Hola [ola]

Good morning : Buenos dias [bwenos deeyas]
Good afternoon / evening : Buenas tardes [bwenas tardes]
Good night : Buenas noches [bwenas noches]
Goodbye : Adios [adyos]
Excuse me / sorry : Perdon / Lo siento [perdon / lo seeyento]
How are you? : Como esta? [komo esta]
Fine thanks : Bien gracias [beeyen gratheeyas]

Yes : Si [see]
No : No [no]
Okay : De acuerdo [deh akwehrdo]
Please : Por favor [por fabor]
Thank you : Gracias / Muchas gracias [moochas gratheeyas]

Spanish Phrases - Days and Months

This is the first part of our introduction to basic Spanish phrases / words.  

For days and months of the year, the Spanish do not use capitals and the months are very similar to the English words.


Monday : lunes  [loones]

Tuesday : martes [martes]
Wednesday : miércoles [meeyerkoles]
Thursday : jueves [khwebes]
Friday : viernes [beeyernes]
Saturday : sábado [sabado]
Sunday : domingo [domeengo]

January : enero [enero]
February : febrero [febrero]
March : marzo [martho]
April : abril [abreel]
May : mayo [mayo]
June : junio [khooneeyo]
July : julio [khooleeyo]
August : agosto [agosto]
September : septiembre [septeeyembreh]
October : octubre [oktoobreh]
November : noviembre [nobeeyembreh]
December : diciembre [deetheeyembreh]