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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Spanish - English (memory aids in brackets) 

Español - Spanish

Inglaterra - England

Inglés - English

Británico - British

Accents simply tell you which syllable to emphasize.

1 ahora - now

2 bar - bar

3 clase - class

4 /5/6 cómo le va / 7/8 qué tal - how's it going 

9 ¿Cómo estás? how are you (upside down question mark starts sentences as well as ending them in Spanish)

19 dedo - finger

20 documentos - documents

21 /22/23 en la escuela - in school (add e before S like the word 

24 España for Spain and

Español  for Spanish 

25 26 27 en un momento - in a moment

28 29 espera aqui - wait here

espera un momento - wait a moment

30 la fiesta - the party

31 32 los insectos - insects

33 (la) invitación - (the) invitation

34 juguete - toy (juggling your toys)

35 36 ese libro - that book (like library)

37 28 39 mediodia - noon (media - middle, dia - day)

40 el oso - bear (Not el orso)

41 momento - moment

42 perdido - lost (perdition)

43 Siéntate - sit down

44 Siéntate aquí - sit here 

45 ven - come (as in the English words venture and adventure)

ven aqui - come here

46 47 48 ven conmigo - come with me (con - with, like Latin cum, mi - me)

You have learned, or already know, 48 words. Add

49 es - is / it is 

50 51 ¿Dónde está? Where is it?

52 Dónde están?- Where are they? (add n, like the m on the English word them for the plural)

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