New (to me) post that we can use! 15 Encouraging Phrases in Spanish from Upworthy

1. Great job. / Buen trabajo. Pronounced: boo-en tra-bah-hoe.
2. You have a beautiful smile. / Que bella sonrisa. Pronounced: ke beh-ya sone-ree-sa.
3. Would you like to be friends? / Quisieras ser mi amiga? Pronounced: key-see-air-aws sare me amiga (female)?
4. I appreciate your work. / Aprecio tu trabajo. Pronounced: aw-pre-see-oh too trah-bah-hoe.
5. You make the world a better place. / Tu mejoras el mundo. Pronounced: too meh-ho-raws el moon-doe.
6. Your kindness is appreciated. / Aprecio tu amabilidad. Pronounced: ah-pre-see-oh too aw-ma-bee-lee-dod.
7. How is your day going? / Como va tu dia? Pronounced: como va too dee-ah?
8. Are you enjoying the weather? / Estás disfrutando del clima? Pronounced: es-tas dees-froo-tan-doh del clee-maw?
9. You have a lot to offer. / Tienes mucho que ofrecer. Pronounced: tee-en-es moo-choe ke oh-freh-ser
10. I’m proud of you. / Estoy orgullosa(o) de ti. Pronounced: es-toy or-goo-yo-sa (from a female) de tee.
11. I believe in you. / Creo en ti. Pronounced: kre-oh en tee.
12. Never give up. / Nunca te des por vencida. Pronounced: noon-ka te des pore ven-see-da (to a female)
13. I know you can do it. / Yo sé que tú puedes. Pronounced: yo se ke too poo-eh-des.
14. You are very pleasant to be around. / Tu presencia es agradable. Pronounced: too preh-sen-see-aw es aw-grah-dob-le.
15. How do you say _ in Spanish?/Como se dice _ en Español? Pronounced: ko-mo se dee-se [enter any word here] en ess-pan-yol?
16. “I love it!” in Spanish? It’s “Me encanta!” Pronounced: may en-cahn-tah-da! (bonus)

Here are the words and phrases in our Traveler’s Preparation Guide. If you have any suggestions for this list, please let me know.

Campamento Vocabulary and Phrases

Must know phrases

• Please/por favor
• Thank you/gracias
• Greetings – Buenos dias, Buenos tardes, Buenos noches, Hola
• My name is/me llamo <name>
• What is your name?/Como se llama usted?
• Nice to meet you/ mucho gusto

Classroom & craft vocab

• Salón de clase/ Taller de clase – classroom
• Tijeras –Scissors
• Lapicero- writing utensil
• Lápiz- pencil
• Saca puntas- pencil sharpener
• Barro- clay
• Hilo- string
• Pucas- beads
• Diario- journal
• Papel- paper
• Crayones- crayons
• Drama- skit/ play
• Pretty/Lindo or linda, bonito or bonita
• How many? / Cuántos?

Colors

• Red/ roja
• orange/ naranja
• yellow/ amarilla
• green/ verde
• blue/azul
• purple/ murado
• Pink/ rosa
• white/blanco

Household Chores

• hacer los quehaceres – do the chores
  lavar los platos – wash the dishes
  barrer el piso – sweep the floor
  fregar el piso – mop the floor
  lavar la ropa – do the laundry
  planchar la ropa – iron the clothes
  aspirar el piso – vacuum the floor
  sacudir los muebles – dust the furniture
  sacar la basura – take out the trash
  arreglar – neaten, straighten up
  hacer la cama – make the bed
  poner la mesa – set the table
  quitar la mesa – clear the table
  tender la ropa – hang out the clothes to dry

Helpful verbs

• Escucha- listen (singular)
• Escuchen- listen (plural)
• (No) tengo- I (don’t) have
• Tienes?- Do you have?
• Vamános- let’s go
• Llegar- arrive
• Llegamos/ Llegaron- we arrive/ they arrived
• Espérate- Wait
• Dame- give me
• Damelo- give it to me
• Préstame- give it to me
• Quiero- I want
• Quiere- she wants
• Peinar- to brush
• Péiname- brush my hair
• Listo/ a- ready
• Estan listos/ as? Are you ready?
• Jugar- to play
• Pintar- to paint
• Hace calor- it’s hot
• Lo siento- I’m sorry
• Siéntate- sit down (one person)
• Siéntense- sit down (many people)
• Silencio por favor- quiet please
• I understand/Entiendo (no entiendo)
• I have/Tengo (no tengo)
• We make/ hacemos,
• We will make/haremos
• Ready/Listo
• I found/ Encontré
• I lost/ Perdí

Other vocab

• Fondo- background
• (Un) chin- a little bit
• Guagua- bus
• Cosa- thing
• Basura- trash
• Hogar- home
• Casa- house
• Trenzas- braids
• Pelo- hair
• Biblia- Bible
• Maleta- suitcase
• Small (shoes)/ pequeños  (zapatos) Medium/ medios,  large/grandes
• Children’s small/ niños pequeños,  Ladies small/ señoros pequeños
• I have one/three son/sons daughter/daughters. Tengo un/tres hijo/hijos hija/hijas.

Meals

• Desayuno- breakfast
• Merienda- snack
• Jugo- juice
• Galletas- cookies
• Almuerzo- lunch
• Cena- dinner
• Comemos- let’s eat

Day/week

• hoy -today
• mañana – tomorrow
• ayer – yesterday
• el contorno para la semana – the outline of the week
• esta semana – This week
• la semana pasada – Last week

Beach vocab

• Playa- beach
• Olas- waves
• Honda- deep
• Flotar- to float
• Arena- sand
• Suéltame- let me go (when floating)
• Vidrio del mar- sea glass    vidrio = glass
• Concha(s)- shells