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Countries where Spanish has official status. Countries and U.S. states where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 25% or more of the population. Countries and U.S. states where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 10–20% of the population. Countries and U.S. states where Spanish has no official status but is spoken by 5–9.9% of the population.
Spanish or Castilian (Spanish: español or castellano) is a language. It's one of the most spoken languages in the world (with English and Chinese).
It came from Latin and is considered a Romance language.
The Spanish alphabet uses 26 letters of the Latin alphabet, with the addition of ñ "eñe", for a total of 27 letters. In Spanish, the acute accent (´) is sometimes used with vowels (á, é, í, ó, ú).
Vocabulary guide[edit | edit source]
Numbers[edit | edit source]
English | Spanish | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
one | uno | OO-noh |
two | dos | DOHS |
three | tres | TRES |
four | cuatro | KWAH-troh |
five | cinco | SEEN-koh |
six | seis | SAYS |
seven | siete | SYE-teh |
eight | ocho | OH-choh |
nine | nueve | NWE-be |
ten | diez | DYES |
Conversation[edit | edit source]
English | Spanish | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
Hello. | Hola. | OH-lah |
What is your name? | ¿Como te llamas? (literally "What are you called?") | KOH-moh te YAH-mahs |
My name is... | Me llamo... (literally "I'm called...") | meh YAH-moh |
Colors[edit | edit source]
English | Spanish | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
white | blanco | BLAHN-koh |
red | rojo | ROH-hoh |
blue | azul | ah-SOOL |
green | verde | VERR-deh |
brown | marrón | mah-ROHN |
yellow | amarillo | ah-mah-REE-yoh |
black | negro | NE-groh |
Days of the week[edit | edit source]
English | Spanish | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
Sunday | domingo | doh-MEEN-goh |
Monday | lunes | LOO-nes |
Tuesday | martes | MAR-tes |
Wednesday | miércoles | MYERR-koh-les |
Thursday | jueves | HWEH-vehs |
Friday | viernes | VYER-nehs |
Saturday | sábado | SAH-bah-doh |
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