{"id":12364,"date":"2019-03-13T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=12364"},"modified":"2019-03-11T23:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T03:15:01","slug":"survival-spanish-for-traveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/survival-spanish-for-traveling\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival Spanish for Traveling"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my travels around Latin America, I am often told “\u00a1Hablas muy bien espa\u00f1ol<\/strong>!” (You speak Spanish very well). To be completely honest with you, though, mi espa\u00f1ol no es muy bueno<\/strong> (my Spanish isn’t very good). I just love traveling, learning about different cultures, and meeting people. This has led me to achieve a good “survival” level of a few different languages. That’s primarily because I prefer viaje independiente<\/strong> (independent travel) to grupos tur\u00edsticos<\/strong> (tour groups)! In this post, I’d like to share with you a bit of survival Spanish for traveling.<\/p>\n

Greetings<\/h2>\n

First thing’s first – you’ve got to be equipped with a variety of different greetings in Spanish. After two years of traveling in Latin America, I’m still amazed by the amount of gringos I encounter who can’t even muster a simple “Hola… \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?” Even if your Spanish kind of sucks, it’s a nice gesture to at least greet people in their native language.<\/p>\n

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Con mi amigo nuevo de Peru.<\/p><\/div>\n

Here’s a handy dandy table with a few of the most common Spanish greetings to get you started:<\/p>\n

Hola
\nBuenos d\u00edas
\nBuenas tardes
\nBuena noches
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?
\n\u00bfQue pasa?
\n\u00bfC\u00f3mo te va?
\nMucho gusto
\nNos vemos
\nHasta luego
\nHasta pronto
\nHasta ma\u00f1ana
\nAdi\u00f3s<\/div>
Hello
\nGood morning
\nGood afternoon
\nGood evening
\nHow are you?
\nWhat’s up?
\nHow’s it going?
\nNice to meet you!
\nSee you
\nSee you later
\nSee you soon
\nSee you tomorrow
\nGoodbye<\/div>
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You’ll find these and a few others in a short video I made with my teacher when I was studying Spanish in Puerto Vallarta<\/a>. Check it out and practice along with us!<\/p>\n