Useful Spanish Phrases

Are you going to Lanzarote on holiday? In most restaurants and bars you can get away with speaking English, but we always find that it is really appreciated if you have a go at the lingo. Check out our useful Spanish Phrases to help you get along whilst you are on the island.

General Purpose Phrases

Phrase	Pronounced	Meaning
¡Hola!	oh-la	Hello!
¡Buenos dias!	bwe-nos di-yahs	Good Morning / Good Day
¡Buenas tardes!	bwe-nas tar-des	Good Afternoon
¡Buenas noches!	bwe-nas noh-ches	Good Evening / Good Night
Por favor	por fa-vor	Please
Gracias	gra-thyas	Thank you
De nada	de na-dha	You're welcome
¡Adiós!	a-dyos	Goodbye

Spanish Numbers

Number	Pronounced	Number	Pronounced
0 cero	se-ro	11 once	on-the
1 uno	u-no	12 doce	doh-the
2 dos	dos	13 trece	tre-the
3 tres	tres	14 catroce	ka-tor-the
4 cuatro	kwat-ro	15 quince	kin-the
5 cinco	think-o	16 diez y seís	dyez i seys
6 seís	seys	17 diez y siete	dyez i sia-te
7 siete	sia-te	18 diez y ocho	dyez i oh-cho
8 ocho	oh-cho	19 diez y nueve	dyez i nwe-veh
9 nueve	new-veh	20 veinte	veyn-te
10 diez	dieth

Dining Out

Phrase	Pronounced	Meaning
Un café con leche	un ka- fe kon le-che	A coffee with milk
Un te	Un te	A tea
Una cerveza	u- na ther-ve- za	A lager
Un vaso de tinto	un va-so de tin-to	A glass of red wine
Una botella de vino	u-na bo-te-lya de vi-no	A bottle of wine
La carta, por favor	a kar-ta por fa-vor	The menu, please
La cuenta, por favor	la kwen-ta por fa- vor	The bill, please