Spanish

To turn up the music in Spanish, use sube la música. This phrase is used when you want to increase the volume of a music player or an audio device.

The English phrase “income tax” is impuesto sobre la renta in Spanish. Impuesto sobre la renta is used to refer to a tax levied on income.

The English phrase ‘skin disease’ is translated into Spanish as enfermedad de la piel.

To call a girl “my love”, say Mi amor. It is the same for men and women. Other warm choices are mi vida, “my life”, and mi cielo, “my sky”.

The English word swordfish is pez espada in Spanish. The term refers to the fish species Xiphias gladius.

The Spanish title for the horror movie “Evil Dead Rise” is Evil Dead: El despertar.

The English phrase “wanna be my girlfriend” is translated into Spanish as ¿quieres ser mi novia?

The English word ‘odd’ can be translated into Spanish as raro or extraño. Both words are used to describe something that is strange or odd.

The English phrase ‘randomly’ is translated into Spanish as al azar. Spanish speakers use several terms to express that something is done in a random way.

In Puerto Rico “aunt” is often titi, a warm short form of tía. Standard Spanish uses tía. Puerto Ricans say Titi as a name too, as in Titi Nilda.