This Spanish vocabulary lesson consists of two parts. The first part will teach how to express condolences in Spanish. The second part of this lesson covers some insulting things to say in Spanish. Let’s start with the part of this lesson that covers expressing condolences in Spanish.
I received an email today from a customer who asked:
“Hello Patricio,
My next door neighbor’s grandfather passed away last night. My next door neighbor and his family are from Mexico and they know I’m trying to learn Spanish, so we always speak to each other in Spanish. How would you say ‘accept my condolences’ in Spanish? I have a lot of books to learn Spanish, but none of them teach this useful phrase.”
There are a couple of ways to say it if you are talking to the person who suffered the loss in your family. You can say:
My deepest condolences. Please accept my condolences. (Not a literal translation but close enough.)
“My deepest condolences” sounds somewhat formal. If you prefer to sound a little less formal, you can simply say:
I’m so sorry. So sorry. (Literally, “I’m so sorry”).
If you are not speaking directly to the person who suffered the loss in their family and you want to say “give my condolences” you can say:
Give my deepest condolences. Please put condolences.
The second part of this lesson covers some insulting commands to say in Spanish. In case you ever need to give such commands in Spanish, I am going to list 6 of them. Not that you ever want to say such horrible things to someone in Spanish. But just in case…
1. Go! – Get out! Beat it! Get out of here! Quit!
2 Get out! – Get out of here!
Get out! is one that I always see here in the movies that have been dubbed from English to Spanish. I have never heard the term used in Colombia. But anyone in Colombia would know what it means.
3. Leave me alone! – Leave me alone! (Literally, “leave me alone”).
4. Get out of my house! – Get out of my house!
You could also say “Get out of my house!” And if you talk to more than one person, then “Get out of my house!”
5. Shut up! – To shut up!
6. Shut the fuck up! – Shut your mouth!
I don’t know if you’ll ever need to use any of these “rude” commands, but just in case you do or find it interesting to know how to say such commands.
