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Bolivia: Your little translator

People speak Spanish in Bolivia. It is always good to be able to speak a little bit of Spanish when travelling around in Bolivia. Here you have a list of useful words and expressions:


  Numbers    
  0 cero  
  1 un, uno, una  
  2 dos  
  3 tres  
  4 cuatro  
  5 cinco  
  6 seis  
  7 siete  
  8 ocho  
  9 nueve  
  10 diez  
       
  Days of the Week    
  Monday lunes  
  Tuesday martes  
  Wednesday miercoles  
  Thursday jueves  
  Friday viernes  
  Saturday sabado  
  Sunday domingo  
       


 
  Time    
  today hoy  
  yesterday ayer  
  tomorrow manana  
       
  Useful words    
  yes, no si, no  
  please pro favor  
  thanks gracias  
  excuse me Perdon  
  bill cuenta  
  hello Hola  
  How are you? Que tal?  
  I`m fine, thanks. Bien, gracias  
  Where is...? Donde esta...?  
  good morning buenos dias  
  good evening buenas tardes  
  Bye Adios  
  My name is... Me llamo  
  left, right izquierda, derecha  
       
  Useful phrases    
  I do not speak Spanish. No entiendo Castellano  
  Could you please repeat that. Por favor, repitalo.  
  Do you speak English? Habla usted ingles?  
  Do you have a free room? Tiene un cuarto?  
  single room, double room cuarto simple/doble  
  with air conditioning con aire acondicionado  
  How much does it cost? Cuano vale esto?  
  It is too expensive Es demasiado caro  
  What time is it? Aue horas son?  
       
  In emergencies    
  I need a doctor/dentist. Necesito un medico/un dentista  
  Please, call an ambulance /the police. Por favor, llame una ambulancia/la policia.  
  We had an accident. Hemos tenido un accidente.  
  Where is the nearest police station? Donde esta el puesto de policia mas cercano?  
  I have been robbed. Me han robado  
  My car has been broken into. Me han abierto el carro  
       
  Food and Drinks    
  The menu, please. La carta, por favor.  
  bread pan  
  coffee cafe  
  tea te  
  with milk/sugar con leche/azucar  
  soup sopa  
  fish/seafood pescado/mariscos  
  meat/chicken carne/pollo  
  side guarnicion  
  vegetarian dish comida vegetariana  
  dessert postre  
  icecream helado  
  wine vino  
  white/red/rosé blanco/tinto/rosado  
  beer cerveza  
  mineral water agua mineral  
  carbonated/ still water agua con/sin gas  
  breakfast desayuno  
  lunch comida  
  dinner cena  
  a snack una cosita  
  I would like to pay. La cuenta, por favor.  
  It was very good/ not so good. Estaba muy bueno/no tan bueno