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Many of us have learned another language in a course in our native countries, and when we go abroad to practice our new acquired language we realise we don't know how to say those very useful everyday expressions that they never teach you in a course but you need to use in the "battlefield" of the day to day life to be able to get by.
Worry no more my friends, here is a list of some expressions in Spanish, nouns and verbs that are necessary on a day to day basis at work, home, in the streets, in a shop, etc.
Although is not an exhaustive list it is a good start. This list will be periodically updated … and if you'd like to know how to say any expression in Spanish feel free to ask and I'll get back to you "tan pronto como pueda" (as soon as I can). Cheers.
| Expression | Reboot the computer | Resetear la computadora, resetear el ordenador |
| Expression | The computer crashed | La computadora se colgó, el ordenador se colgó |
| Expression | To ask for a discount | Pedir rebaja |
| Expression | To put someone on the phone | Poner a alguien en el telefono, pasar el telefono a alguien |
| Expression | To swipe the credit card | Pasar la tarjeta de crédito |
| Expression | To withdraw money from the ATM | Sacar plata del cajero automático |
| noun | ATM | Cajero automático |
| noun | Balance (of an account, banking) | Saldo |
| noun | Boarding pass | Boarding pass |
| noun | Booking | Reservación |
| noun | Carry-on | Equipaje de mano |
| noun | Credit in your Mobile Phone | Saldo |
| noun | Fitting room | El Vestidor, el probador |
| Noun | Fitting room | Probador, vestidor |
| Noun | Make up | Maquillaje |
| noun | Mobile phone | Celular |
| Noun | Overdraft (banking) | sobregiro |
| noun | Petrol station | La estación de gasolina |
| noun | SALE | Oferta, rebaja |
| noun | Teller (in a bank) | El cajero, la cajera |
| noun | The person who is in the register | El cajero, la cajera |
| noun | The Register (in a shop) | La Caja |
| noun | To Make a booking | Hacer una reservación |
| verb | Check in (a hotel) | Hacer el Check in |
| verb | Check in (luggage) | Chekear el equipaje |
| verb | Check out (a hotel) | Hacer el Check out |
| verb | Make the bed | Hacer la cama, tender la cama |
| verb | To break up (a couple) | Terminar |
| verb | To fill the tank | Echar gasolina |
| verb | To get off a bus, taxi | Bajarse de un autobus, taxi |
| verb | To make up (a couple) | Contentarse, reconciliarse |
| verb | To make up (an invention, lie) | Inventar |
| verb | To take a bus, a taxi, the subway, etc | Tomar un autobus, un taxi, el metro, etc |
| verb | To try on | Probarse |
In English, phrases that express when someone is experiencing a sensation or condition such as thirst, hunger, cold, etc are constructed with the verb to be, e.g., to express that I am experiencing hunger the English phrase is: I am hungry.
In Spanish we use the verb “to have” to express that someone is experiencing one of those sensations, i.e., in Spanish we possess the condition. For example, in Spanish I am hungry is: Tengo hambre, which literally means “I have hunger” as though I possessed the hunger.
See below a table with the English and Spanish phrases to express the experiencing of different sensations.
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I am cold
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Tengo frío (literally means I have cold)
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I am hot
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Tengo calor (literally means I have heat)
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I am hungry
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Tengo hambre (literally means I have hunger)
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I am thirsty
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Tengo sed (literally means I have thirst)
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I am afraid
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Tengo miedo (literally means I have fear)
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I am lucky
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Tengo suerte (literally means I have luck)
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