Stepping out of the typical Spanish taught in conventional Spanish courses is something most students of Spanish are keen to perform as quickly as they can. We're going to make it easier to learn conversational Spanish by bringing a realistic classy finesse to your Spanish toolkit with these brilliant Spanish phrases to help you leave a favorable impression with the locals without a doubt.
Okay, most conversations kick off with a greeting and many students of Spanish will mostly rely on Spanish expressions such as:
Esa
¿Cómo está/s?, or ¿Qué tal? - How are you?
These are all right needless to say, but to make your greetings more polished, say these instead:
¿Cómo estamos? - How are we? Especially common!
¿Qué te cuentas? - How you doing?
¿Cómo va? - How's it going?
Even though these are in fact saying a similar thing as the first two, these informal expressions are more "warm" and realistic.
Here's a couple of slick Spanish phrases one might say to respond instead of the colorless "bien", "muy bien" or "todo bien".
Más o menos - More or less (You may in addition leave out the "s" at the
end and say "má o meno" so that you appear more "Spanishy"!)
Sin novedades - Nothing much taking place
Estoy contento/a con la vida - I'm happy with life
Vale, occasionally when you're talking in Spanish, you just cannot think of a word to explain something. This is certain to ensue as you learn conversational Spanish, it happens to me frequently and the following three cracking phrases will be particularly helpful:
Lo tenga en la punta de la lengua - It's on the end of my tongue
¿Cómo se llama esa cosa? - What's that thing called?
¿Cómo se llama ese chisme? - What's that gizmo called?
More desirable than saying gringo give-aways like ¿Qué significa? Without a doubt!
Saying goodbye to somebody is one more opportunity to make a winning impact by bidding farewell precisely as the locals do. Vale, as an alternative to employing regular Spanish expressions for instance: "Hasta pronto", "hasta luego" and "hasta la próxima", check out these:
Hasta ahora
Hasta otra
Hasta más ver
Hasta otra and hasta ahora are especially used often here in Catalunya, I'll come across all three each day, and you're going to hear each of them wherever you're traveling in Spain.
Finally, one more really excellent streetwise Spanish expression to introduce to your growing Spanish. Whenever you're saying good night (buenas noches) to someone add-on:
Que descanses - Rest well
You'll find it rarely said by non-native speakers and in addition to bringing-in a polished edge to your Spanish, it is going to earn you a great deal of kudos!
You now have a good range of very cool expressions to help you learn conversational Spanish by employing authentic expressions frequently used by native Spanish speakers. Bring them into your vocabulary and you will be a cut above from those cheeky gringos!
Hasta otra.
Learn Conversational Spanish - Key Cool Phrases Esa
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