Spanish words for the weekend

 

Countries where Spain is an official language.

Spanish - English

antes - before (like a.m. which is Latin for before mid-day)

un buen fin de semana - a good weekend

cable - cable

celular - cellphone

chatear - to chat

contactar - to contact

creativo - creative

en mi casa - in my home

fin de semana - weekend

enorme - huge / enormous

momento - moment

salud - cheers

volver - to come back (like revolve)

English - Spanish

before - antes

cable - cable (pronounced car-blay)

to chat - chatear

cheers - salud

creative - creativo

to come back - volver

cellphone/mobile - celular

to contact - contactar

huge / enormous / huge - enorme

moment - momento

weekend - fin de semana  (finish of the week, similar to French semaine for week, but the French say bon weekend)/ a good weekend - un buen fin de semana (like the English words final and finish)

Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

duolingo.com

in my home - en mi casa

translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Handy Italian for travellers 10 easy essential opening phrases

English - Italian

1 good morning (or day) - buongiorno

2 how are you? - come sta?

2 excuse me - mi scusi 

3 my name is ... - mi chiamo ...

4 I live in London - vivo a Londra (I'm from - Sono di)

5 I am with my husband - Sono con mio marito

6 For work/business / holiday -  per lavoro / per vacanza

6 do you speak English - lei parla inglese?

7 welcome - Bienvenuto

8 Have you understood - Hai capito? (Reply I understood - Ho capito)

9 for me, the same - per me, lo stesso (pointing to a dish or drink)

10 yes, no, please, thanks, Cheers! - si, no, per favore, grazie, Salute! (non is not, before a verb)

More information from

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wikitravel phrase book Italian

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How To Learn Portuguese From Earworms

Problem
How to learn Portuguese fast - when your time is spent driving.

Answer
Use Earworms, a short, quick audio derivative of the full Berlitz programme, no stress because it's set to soothing music.

I bought volume 2 on Ebay and was worried it might not be useful without volume 1, or that the booklet might be missing, which happened once before. However, this time I had the booklet. Even without the disc, the booklet was very good. I am delighted.

The booklet print is small. But I knew that. (I also have the German and Japanese.)

When I put the disc into a laptop, the laptop asks if I want to copy the disc. I do. Saves me carrying ten discs around for all my languages.

I'll tell you more about the words and how I remember then in a later post tomorrow.

I am also learning vocabulary from Duolingo tinycards, but earworms is giving me whole phrases so I can recognize them when I hear them.

Let's learn a few words:
Portuguese - English (Ten words)
adeus - goodbye (( like the Spanish adios - but add u for PortUgUese!)
amigos - friends
aqui - here
bom / bem - good / ok
centro - centre
espero - I hope
horas - time (hours)
onde - where
semana - week
vivo - I live

English - Portuguese (Ten words - Dez palavras, according to Google translate.)
centre - centro
cheers - saúde (to get the accent, hold down the letter u on your laptop and tap the number 4)
friends - amigos
good - bom
here - aqui
I hope - espero
I live - vivo (like the English word vivacious, meaning lively)
time (hours) - horas
week - semana

you - você (for e with the hat, hold down the letter e and tap the number three and you'll get ê)


Useful websites
https://itunes.apple.com/us/author/earworms-learning/id116220206

visitportugal.com

visitbrasil.com

http://www.visitmadeira.pt/en-gb/homepage

duolingo.com

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.

How to say 'cheers' in other languages from French to Russian

Story

I was poured a glass of Artisan wine at the vineyard and winery of Aurelia Visinescu. How do you say cheers in Romanian?

Problems
The waiter pours your glass of wine or beer and you lift it to say cheers - but how do you say it in another language?

Answers
British - Cheers! (Popular in pubs) Good health! (Formal occasions)
French - Salut! Santé. A votre santé. (To your good health.)
Danish - Skål! (Pronounced Scole, as in scold.)
Dutch - Proost!
German - Prost!
Hawaiian - Ke aloha!
Hebrew - L'chaim (To life - as you will notice in the song from Fiddler on the Roof. Le is the.)
Indonesian bahasa - Tos! (Or 'Ting!' Bahasa means language)
Italian - Saluti! Chin-chin!
Japanese - Kanpai! (Cheers. Good luck. Congratulations!)
Norwegian - Jubel! (Pronounced You bull.)
Polish - Okrzyki. (Pronounced Ock shirky.) Twoje zdrowie (Pronounced Foy-iz Drov-yeah!)
Portuguese -
Romanian - Noroc! (N o r o c means luck, happiness, or success.)
Russian - Ypa (Pronounced or ah.)
Spanish - Salud
Swedish - Skål! (Pronounced Sko - all.)
Ukrainian - Ypa (Pronounced or ah like aura. The same as the Russian.)
Yiddish - Sei gesund! (Pronounced 'Say gesund' - like the German.)

The German and Yiddish Gesundheit meaning good health is said after somebody sneezes and is also used in the USA.  The English equivalent in the UK would be Bless you!

Tips
If you type cheers into Google translate you get the translation for the word applause. Either check alternative translations or add an exclamation mark.

To hear the pronunciation, hover over the symbols and click on the correct one for listen and you will hear the pronunciation in most languages.

Websites
https://translate.google.com/#en/uk/cheers
https://matadornetwork.com/nights/how-to-ask-for-one-more-beer-in-50-languages/
www.aureliavisinescu.com
A post on the Aurelia Visinescu wines and winery in Romania will follows this one.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.