Coming to the United States II - Spanish Word List
Learn new Spanish words about how to talk to a native Spanish speaker. Review with audio flash cards, then view the new Spanish words in a conversation.
See words below in a real-life conversation
| Spanish | English | |
| Word(s) | lo que más extraño | what I miss most |
| Phrase(s) | Lo que más extraño, bueno, son las comidas. | What I miss most, well, are the foods. |
| Word(s) | comidas típicas | typical foods |
| Phrase(s) | A mí me gusta comer comidas típicas de mi país, | I like to eat typical foods from my country, |
| Word(s) | las hamburguesas | the hamburgers |
| Phrase(s) | ¿Todavía no se acostumbra a las hamburguesas? | You're still not used to the hamburgers? |
| A las hamburguesas y los "hot dogs". | To the hamburgers and hot dogs. | |
| Word(s) | es cierto | that's right, true |
| Phrase(s) | Y las pizzas, sí es cierto. | And the pizzas, yes that's right. |
| Word(s) | muy poca gente | very few people |
| Phrase(s) | muy poca gente lo, lo, lo come, ¿no? | very few people eat it (it, it), right? |
| Word(s) | mucha gente come | many people eat |
| Phrase(s) | Y sí, aquí he visto que mucha gente come | And yes, here I've seen that a lot of people eat |
| Word(s) | bastante | quite a lot of, tons of |
| Phrase(s) | bastante pizza y "hot dogs" y hamburguesas. | quite a lot of pizza and hot dogs and hamburgers. |
| Word(s) | oye | hey |
| Phrase(s) | Oye, diga, | Hey, tell me, |
| Word(s) | ¿verdad? | right? |
| Phrase(s) | ...Ud. dice que su familia está en México, ¿verdad? | ...you say that your family is in Mexico, right? |
| Word(s) | mis sobrinos | my nieces and nephews |
| Phrase(s) | mis sobrinos, mi madre, mi padre; | my nephews (and nieces), my mother, my father; |
| Word(s) | todos ellos | all of them |
| Phrase(s) | todos ellos están allá. | all of them are there. |
| Word(s) | ya me tengo que ir | I have to get going |
| Phrase(s) | Bueno, ya me tengo que ir. | Well, I have to get going. |
| Word(s) | me ha dado gusto | it has been nice / it has been a pleasure |
| Phrase(s) | Gracias, gracias, me ha dado gusto | Thank you, thank you, it has been nice (a pleasure) |
| Word(s) | se lo agradezco | I appreciate that/it |
| Phrase(s) | Se lo agradezco. Hasta luego. | I appreciate that. See you later. |