English→Spanish (Spain)

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Castilian Spanish with vosotros, Spanish vocabulary, and the direct register people use in Spain.

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What locals actually say

You all are going to love this.

Esto os va a encantar.

Spain uses “vosotros/os” for you-all. Latin American Spanish would say “les va a encantar”.

That's so cool!

¡Qué guay!

“Guay” is the Spain marker; “padre” or “chévere” would place you elsewhere.

This is going to cost me twenty quid.

Esto me va a costar veinte pavos.

Pavos is colloquial Spanish for euros and signals informal Peninsular speech.

Turn right after the zebra crossing.

Gira a la derecha después del paso de cebra.

Paso de cebra is the usual Spanish term for a pedestrian crossing in Spain.

Two small beers, please.

Dos cañas, por favor.

Caña means a small draught beer and signals the standard bar vocabulary of Spain.

My grandparents are staying over this weekend.

Mis abuelos se quedan en casa este finde.

Finde is the colloquial shortening of fin de semana commonly used in Spain.

I'll email you the payslip this afternoon.

Te envío la nómina esta tarde.

Nómina is the standard Spanish workplace word for a payslip.

It's absolutely freezing today.

Hoy hace un frío que pela.

Hace un frío que pela is a strongly idiomatic Peninsular construction for very cold weather.

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How Spanish (Spain) differs

Peninsular Spanish. Use vosotros for informal plural, tú for informal singular; vale, guay, móvil, ordenador, coche, zumo, coger is neutral here. Distinción spelling conventions; 24-hour clock.

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