In this mini blog series, we’ll be equipping you with 10 of the most common phrases you’ll need for your holiday this summer!

First up, Spanish.

To make it a bit easier, we’ve included the English, the Spanish and the phonetic pronunciation.

The Basics

Hello/Goodbye

Hola/Adios (Oh-la/Addy-oss)

Yes/No

Si/No (See/N-oh)

Please/Thank you

Por favor/Gracias (Poor fa-vor/Gra-thee-ass)

Key Phrases

1. Where is the toilet?

Dónde está el servicio? (Don-de esta el serbee-theeyo?)

2. How much?

Cuánto? (Kwan-to?)

3. Is there a good restaurant near here?

Hay un buen restaurante cerca de aqui? (Eye oon bwen restaurant-ay therka de akee?)

4. Where can I/we get a taxi?

Dónde se cogen los taxis? (Don-de se kog-gen loss tak-sees?)

5. Where can I find a bureau de change?

Dónde está el despacho de cambio mas cercano? (Don-de esta el despacho deh kambeeyo mas therkano?)

6. What time is it?

Qué hora es? (Keh oor-ra ez?)

7. Do you accept credit cards?

Aceptan tarjetas de crédito? (A-sep-tan tar-hay-tas de cred-ee-to?)

8. A beer, please

Una cerveza, por favor. (Oona therbetha por favor.)

9. I would like a glass of red/white wine, please

Quiero un vaso de vino tinto/blanco, por favor. (Kyero oon basso deh beeno teento/blanko, por favor.)

And if all else fails…

10. Excuse me, do you speak English?

Con permiso, habla usted inglés? (Kon per-mi-so, Ab-la oos-ted een-glez?)

Tomorrow we’ll be giving you the 10 most common Portuguese holiday phrases.