Spanish Phrases Quiz

Can you translate these Spanish phrases into English?

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First submitted	March 25, 2012
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Español	English
¿Dónde está el baño?	Where is the bathroom?
¿De dónde eres?	Where are you from?
Quiero una cerveza	I want a beer
Estoy ocupado	I'm busy
Tengo miedo	I'm scared
Me duele la cabeza	My head hurts
Tengo que cambiar dinero	I need to exchange money
Verde es mi color favorito	Green is my favorite color
Me encantan los Backstreet Boys	I love the Backstreet Boys
Mi vuelo sale en una hora	My flight leaves in one hour

Español	English
Llámame esta noche	Call me tonight
El autobús está lleno de niños	The bus is full of children
Tu mamá está esperando	Your mom is waiting
Estoy hablando contigo	I am speaking with you
La cuenta, por favor	Check please
Tengo una reserva	I have a reservation
Necesito ir al aeropuerto	I need to go to the airport
Los tacos de pescado son ricos	The fish tacos are delicious
No es justo	It's not fair
¿Quién es el jefe?	Who's the boss?

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50 Comments

Level 16

Oct 27, 2020

I love the BSB as well ;)

Level 90

Feb 24, 2023

I was stumped by - I love the Backstreet Boys. Isn't that like admitting that you love anchovies and wasabi on a kale pizza?

+37

Level 85

Feb 24, 2023

What if I want it that way?

+10

Level 45

Mar 14, 2023

Tell me why

Level 89

Feb 24, 2023

They legitimately sell Grey Poupon ice cream. The taste lasted for less than a Backstreet Boys song.

Level 96

Feb 24, 2023

Can't you say the tacos are delicioso?

Level 75

Feb 26, 2023

Less common, but yes, if you add the s at the end of delicioso

Level 64

Feb 24, 2023

Correct answers that were not accepted include: I'd like a beer; I need the airport.

Since when does anyone say in a bar, I want a beer?! That's downright rude!

Level 89

Feb 24, 2023

I always get stumped on translation quizzes by saying things a lot more naturally.

Level 72

Feb 26, 2023

"I need the airport" and "I need to go to the airport" are different things.

Level 81

Mar 14, 2023

But you can say to a friend, "I want a beer" and then you'd both head to the bar.

Level 67

Mar 14, 2023

...or the fridge

Level 50

Mar 14, 2023

sure but who says i need the airport?

+11

Level 81

Feb 24, 2023

The tacos phrase is open to far too much interpretation. Firstly because of the number of possible translations of rico, even in that context, and also because tacos de pescado can also mean pieces/chunks of fish, especially outside of Mexico and the U.S. (The reason that Mexican tacos are called tacos is that they're small - literally "plugs" to fill a gap when you're hungry during the day.)

Level 78

Feb 27, 2023

Agreed. There are dozens of correct translations to that phrase that are not accepted. Both "tacos" and "delicious" could be rendered in many ways. I'd suggest changing that one.

Level 81

Feb 24, 2023

Seems just like a Duolingo test. You just need to change the Backstreet Boys to Shakira.

+13

Level 77

Feb 24, 2023

I feel like "No es justo" needs more type-ins. I tried "It's not just" and "It's not right" but couldn't figure out the exact wording you wanted.

Level 81

Feb 24, 2023

I'd second accepting both of those.

Level 85

Feb 25, 2023

I put "That's not right" and "That's not fair" - I guess my Spanish is rusty, so what would that be?

Level 81

Feb 25, 2023

I agree that the quiz needs either less ambiguous phrases or more accepted answers. As it stands right now, there's a ridiculous number of perfectly-acceptable translations which aren't accepted. A truly bilingual speaker could run out of time, as I very nearly did.

Level 49

Mar 16, 2023

There would have to be an "Esto/Eso" in front of "no es justo" in order to make "This/That is not fair" correct ;)

Level 74

Jun 6, 2024

I tried "it's not right" and "that's not fair" and "it's unfair"

I guess I missed "it's not fair" ;–;

Level 59

Feb 26, 2023

"I have a headache" should also be accepted.

Level ∞

Feb 26, 2023

Okay

Level 87

Feb 27, 2023

I tried my plane leaves in an hour, my plane leaves in one hour, I'm leaving in one hour, I'm leaving in an hour...Argh.

Level 79

Mar 1, 2023

I got the cuenta one because of Weird Al's Taco Grande song.

Level 66

Mar 1, 2023

Its a lot easier with google translate turned on.

Level 89

Mar 6, 2023

What's the point?

Level 64

Mar 6, 2023

Probably because Google Translate is as bad at translating Spanish into natural English as this quiz is

Level 75

Mar 3, 2023

as Spaniard, I always said 'booking' instead of reservation tbh, and people seem to understand me lol

Level 74

Mar 3, 2023

When you are describing food as tasty or delicious, you use estar rico, not ser rico. "Ser rico" is only for people. Mi tío es rico = my uncle is rich. Los tacos de pescado están ricos = the fish tacos are delicious.

Level 89

Mar 6, 2023

To be fair, Uncle Rico is from Napoleon Dynamite.

Level 75

Mar 15, 2023

'Los tacos son ricos' sounds good to me, would be weird if you used 'están'. Maybe that's the Latin American Spanish that I'm used to though.

Level 81

Aug 27, 2023

It could be: The tacos are generally delicious (son ricos) vs the tacos I'm eating right now (están ricos)

Level 65

Mar 6, 2023

Nice quiz. Is it meant to be a crash course on how to survive in Mallorca as a foreigner?

Level 49

Mar 16, 2023

No, this is not a german quiz ;)

Level 65

Mar 14, 2023

"ricos" in the context of the tacos could mean "rich" but in the food sense

Level 69

Mar 14, 2023

Not really, you would say "pesado" (heavy) especially if you're saying the food is to rich or dense

Level 75

Mar 14, 2023

Change title to "Basic tourist Spanish phrases" lol

Level 75

Mar 14, 2023

LanguagePunk, HistoryPunk - I've noticed them around, are they real people? They never engage in the comments and don't have any levels or badges or anything...

Level 89

Mar 15, 2023

I think they may be alternate accounts the Quizmaster uses. Not sure why though.

Level 76

Mar 14, 2023

Why not I've headache?

Level 62

Mar 14, 2023

My plane leaves in an hour seems like a legit alt

Level 54

Mar 14, 2023

can you accept this is not fair for it's not fair

Level 48

Mar 14, 2023

This is not fair = Este no es justo

It's not fair = No es justo

So - no, the sentence with "this" shouldn't be accepted.

Level 60

Mar 14, 2023

I haven't learned most of these words yet.

: \

Level 49

Mar 14, 2023

Now you have! :)

Level 67

Mar 15, 2023

Shouldn’t I need to exchange money use necesito instead of tengo? I tried “I have money to exchange”, along with multiple variations, but all using “I have”.

Level 57

Mar 15, 2023

Please accept "the autobus is full of kids" and more because there a lot of synonyms

Level 54

Mar 16, 2023

I put for "tengo que cambiar dinero" I must exchange money, which I feel is a valid translation.