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Fundamentals of Spanish (pt. 7/10) – Lesson 52
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Spanish fundamentals part 7: everyday expressions like ¡Mira!, ¡Espera!, de acuerdo, es igual and ¡Disfruta!
- Demasiado and sobre
- ¡Espera! and ¡Mira!
- De verdad, lindo, bonito
- De acuerdo, es igual, ¡disfruta!
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Spanish fundamentals: part 7
Part 7 of 10 of the green fundamentals! Again: these are words and expressions you’ll hear all the time, so learn them by heart.
Demasiado: too much, too many
demasiado / demasiada too much / too many
Hay demasiada gente. There are too many people.
Why demasiada with an a? Because la gente (the people) is a feminine word. And notice: in Spanish, gente is singular, even though in English “people” is plural.
Sobre: about, on
Información sobre el viaje. Information about the trip.
El libro está sobre la mesa. The book is on the table.
¡Espera! and ¡Mira!
¡Espera! Wait!
Espera un momento. Wait a moment.
¡Mira! Look!
Your friend wants to leave, but you’re not ready? ¡Espera! You see a special bird flying by? ¡Mira! These are commands (telling someone to do something), and you’ll hear them constantly. Mira is also used to start explaining something: Mira, es así… (Look, it’s like this…).
La verdad and de verdad
la verdad the truth
de verdad really / truly
Estoy muy agradecido, de verdad. I’m really very grateful.
La verdad is “the truth”. But de verdad is mostly used to mean “really” or “truly”, to make what you say stronger. You’ll also hear ¿de verdad? (really?) when someone is surprised.
(Wes’s tip)
Put ¿verdad? at the end of a sentence to mean “right?”: Eres de Holanda, ¿verdad? (You’re from the Netherlands, right?)
Lindo and bonito: pretty, nice
lindo / linda pretty / nice / lovely
La decoración es muy linda. The decoration is very pretty.
bonito / bonita pretty / beautiful
¡Qué lindo! / ¡Qué bonito! How pretty! / How nice!
Both mean “pretty” or “nice”, for things and for people (without anything romantic). Lindo is very common in Latin America, bonito is more common in Spain. Just like ¡qué bien! from lesson 46, you can use them as a reaction: ¡Qué bonito!
De acuerdo: OK, agreed
Estoy de acuerdo. I agree.
Vengo a las ocho, ¿de acuerdo? I’ll come at eight, OK?
De acuerdo. OK. / Agreed.
Estoy de acuerdo = “I am in agreement” (with estar). On its own, de acuerdo is a way to confirm something, like “OK” or “deal”.
Una vez: once
una vez once / one time
otra vez again (another time)
Vez means “time” (as in “one time”). You know otra vez from the conjunctions lesson.
Es mejor and es igual
Es mejor. It’s better.
Es mejor que… It’s better than… / It’s better that…
Es igual. It’s the same. / It doesn’t matter.
Es igual is super useful when you don’t have a preference. Someone asks ¿Café o té? and you don’t mind: Es igual. Like “whatever you prefer!”
Disfrutar: to enjoy
disfrutar to enjoy / to have fun
¡Disfruta! Enjoy! / Have fun!
Someone tells you they’re going on vacation? ¡Disfruta! This is the command form of disfrutar for tú. For regular -ar verbs it looks just like the él / ella form: disfruta, espera, mira. We’ll learn more about commands later.
Hacerlo: to do it
Voy a hacerlo mañana. I’m going to do it tomorrow.
A little repetition from lesson 43: hacer + lo = hacerlo. It’s so common, it deserves a spot in the fundamentals.
Recap: Spanish fundamentals (part 7)
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| demasiado / demasiada | too much / too many |
| sobre | about / on |
| ¡Espera! / ¡Mira! | Wait! / Look! |
| de verdad | really |
| lindo / bonito | pretty / nice |
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1. The café is very busy. Say “There are too many people”.
Hay demasiada gente.
2. Your friend is about to leave without you. Say “Wait a moment!”
¡Espera un momento!
3. You see a rainbow. Tell your friend to look!
¡Mira!
4. Say “I agree”.
Estoy de acuerdo.
5. Someone asks “¿Café o té?” and you don’t mind.
Es igual.
6. Your friend goes on vacation. Wish them a good time.
¡Disfruta!
7. Say “I’m going to do it tomorrow”.
Voy a hacerlo mañana.
Quiz: Spanish fundamentals (part 7)
10 questions. ¡Disfruta!
Frequently asked questions
Lindo or bonito: which one should I use?
Both are understood everywhere. In Spain, bonito is more common. In much of Latin America, especially Argentina and Mexico, you’ll hear lindo all the time.
Is “¡Espera!” rude?
No, it’s the normal informal way. To be extra polite, or to someone you’d call usted, say espere or un momento, por favor.
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