Signs in Spanish
Avoid embarrassment and frustration by learning how to recognize signs in Spanish – check out this free lesson! Learn these useful Spanish words and you’ll never walk into the wrong restroom, light up in a no-smoking area, or have your car towed from a no-parking spot!
Most of the time you’ll probably only need to recognize the written Spanish word, but we’ve included audio so you can listen to the Spanish pronunciation. You never know when you’ll need to ask if something is open or closed, or explain that something is out of order.
Most of the time you’ll probably only need to recognize the written Spanish word, but we’ve included audio so you can listen to the Spanish pronunciation. You never know when you’ll need to ask if something is open or closed, or explain that something is out of order.
Signs in Spanish
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Damas
Ladies
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Caballeros
Gentlemen
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Tirar
Pull
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Empujar
Push
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Ocupado
Busy
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Libre
Free / Vacant
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No Funciona / Fuera de Servicio
Out of order
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Abierto
Open
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Cerrado
Closed
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Horas de Comercio
Opening hours
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Prohibido Estacionarse
No parking
When you buy food in a supermarket and don’t intend to eat it right away it might pay to check the ‘expiration date’ to avoid any nasty surprises…
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Fecha de consume preferente
Expiration date
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Consumir preferentemente antes de…
Best before...
Most restaurants have a smoking and a non-smoking area. There is a big discussion in many Spanish-speaking countries at the moment over whether or not to ban smoking in public buildings altogether. In the meantime it might be helpful to learn what ¡Prohibido fumar! means.
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Sección de fumar / Área de fumado
Smoking area
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Sección de no fumar / Area de no fumado
Non-smoking area
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¡Prohibido fumar!
No smoking!
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Se ruega no fumar.
No smoking, please.
Sometimes you will see big bright colored signs in nearly every store window. There must be a sale on…
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Reducido
Reduced
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Ganga / Baratillo / Compra Ventajosa / Pichincha
Bargain
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Rebajas
Sales
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Liquidación
Sale / Clearance
Finally, you always need to know the way out of a busy store…
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Salida
Exit
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No hay salida
No exit
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Prohibido el paso
No entry
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Privado
Private
Now it's time to 'exit' this lesson. I hope you had fun!
Mauricio Evlampieff
Rocket Spanish
P.S. You can practice your Spanish skills with this exercise.
Exercise. Match the Spanish word with its English translation.
