| Term | Definition |
| Cómo te llamas? | What's your name |
| cómo se llama usted | What's your name (formal) |
| Me llamo | my name is |
| soy | i'm |
| quién es | who is |
| cómo se llama (él/ella) | what is his/her name |
| (él/ella) es | he/she is |
| (él/ella) se llama | his/her name is |
| buenos días, señor | good morning sir |
| buenas tardes, señorita | good afternoon ma'am |
| buenas noches, señora | good evening, ma'am |
| adiós | goodbye |
| buenos noches | good night |
| hasta luego | see you later |
| hasta mañana | see you tomorrow |
| hasta pronto | see you soon |
| nos vemos | see you |
| tengo que irme | i have to go |
| hola, cómo estás? | hi, how are you? |
| qué tal? | hows it going |
| cómo está usted | how are you |
| estoy bien/regular/mal | i'm fine/all right/not so good |
| más o menos | so-so |
| Éste es Juan. Es un compañero de clase. | this is juan he is a classmate |
| Éste es el señor Vega. Es mi profesor de español. | This is Mr.Vega. He is my Spanish teacher. |
| Éste es Rosa. Es una compañera de clase. | This is Rosa. She is a classmate. |
| Éste es la señora Talavera. Em mi profesora de ciencias. | This is Mrs. Talavera. She is my science teacher. |
| Encantado(a) | Pleased/nice to meet you |
| mucho gusto | Pleased/nice to meet you |
| igualmente | likewise |
| quién es el muchacho | who is the boy? |
| Él es mi mejor amigo. | he is my best friend |
| Él es estudiante | he is my best friend |
| Quién es la muchacha | who is the girl |
| Ella es mi mejor amiga | she is my best friend |
| Ella es estudiante | she is a student |
| de dónde eres | where are you from |
| de dónde es usted (formal) | where are you from |
| de dónde es... | where is... from |
| soy de Estados Undios | i'm from the united states |
| soy de España | i'm from Spain |
| es de Cuba. | He (she) is from Cuba |
| cero | zero |
| uno | one |
| dos | two |
| tres | three |
| cuatro | four |
| cinco | five |
| seis | six |
| siete | seven |
| ocho | eight |
| nueve | nine |
| diez | ten |
| once | eleven |
| doce | twelve |
| trece | thirteen |
| catorce | fourteen |
| quince | fifteen |
| dieciséis | sixteen |
| diecisiete | seventeen |
| dieciocho | eighteen |
| diecinueve | nineteen |
| veinte | twenty |
| veintiuno | twenty-one |
| veintidós | twenty-two |
| veintitrés | twenty-three |
| veinticuatro | twenty-four |
| veinticinco | twenty-five |
| veintiséis | twenty-six |
| veintesiete | twenty-seven |
| veintiocho | twenty-eight |
| treinta | thirty |
| treinta y uno | thirty-one |
| cuál es tu teléfono | what's your telephone number |
| cuál es el teléfono de Rosita | what's Rosita's telephone number |
| es tres-dos-cinco-uno-doe-tres-uno- | it's 3-2-5-1-2-3-1 |
| Cuál es el teléfono de Rosita | what's Rosita's telephone number? |
| de la mañana | in the morning |
| de la noche | in the night |
| de la tarde | in the afternoon |
| en punto | on the dot |
| medianoche | midnight |
| mediodía | midday, noon |
| menos cuarto | quarter to |
| qué hora es? | what time is it |
| son las.... | it's... o'clock |
| y cuarto | a quarter past |
| y media | half past |
| es el primero (dos,tres) de... | it's the first (second, third) of... |
| hoy es lunes | today is monday |
| qué día es hoy | what day is today? |
| Qué fecha es hoy? | What's today's date? |
| aburrido(a) | boring |
| activo(a) | active |
| alto(a) | tall |
| antipático(a) | unfriendly |
| atlético(a) | athletic |
| bajo(a) | short |
| bastante | pretty,quite |
| bonito(a) | pretty |
| cómico | funny |
| cómo eres? | what are you like |
| eres....? | are you...? |
| es... | he(she, it) is.... |
| extrovertido(a) | outgoing |
| gracioso | witty |
| quapo | good-looking |
| intelectual | intellectual |
| inteligente | intelligent |
| moreno(a) | dark-haired;dark-skinned |
| muy | very |
| pelirrojo(a) | red-headed |
| perezoso(a) | lazy |
| romántico(a) | romantic |
| rubio(a) | blond |
| serio(a) | serious |
| simpático(a) | friendly |
| soy.... | i'm.... |
| también | also |
| tímido(a) | shy |
| tonto(a) | silly,foolish |
| trabajador(a) | hard-working |
| un poco | a little |
| cuándo es el cumpleaños de... | when is....'s birthday |
| cuándo es tu cumpleaños | when is your birthday? |
| cuántos años tiene...? | how old is....? |
| cuántos años tienes? | how old are you? |
| Él (ella) tiene...años | he (she) is .... years old |
| es el... de.... | it's the.... of..... |
| tengo.....años | i'm....years old |
| el ajedrez | chess |
| los animales | animals |
| los carros | cars |
| la comida china (italiana, mexicana) | chinese (italian, mexican) food |
| los deportes | sports |
| es algo divertido(a) | it's kind of fun |
| es bastante bueno(a) | it's quite good. |
| es delicioso(a) | it's delicious |
| es pésimo(a) | it's awful |
| fenomenal | awesome |
| las fiestas | parties |
| formidable | great |
| las frutas | fruit |
| las hamburguesas | hamburgers |
| el helado | ice cream |
| horrible | horrible |
| interesante | interesting |
| los libros (de aventuras, de amor) | (adventuras, romance) books |
| malo(a) | bad |
| la música (de...) | music (of/by..) |
| las películas (de ciencias ficción, de terror, de misterio) | (science fiction, horror, mystery,) movies |
| la pizza | pizza |
| las verduras | vegetables |
| los videojuegos | videogames |
| me da igual. | it's all the same to me. |
| me gusta(n) ... mucho | i like... a lot |
| me gusta(n) más... | i like ... more |
| no, no me gusta(n)..... | no, i don't like..... |
| te gusta(n)...? | do you like |
| te gusta(n) más... o ...? | do you like... or... more? |