Spanish Filler Words and Interjections

Useful Spanish fillers, attention signals, discourse markers, softeners, agreement phrases, disagreement chunks, and reactions.

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Hesitation markers
Getting attention
Discourse markers
Softeners
Agreement and disagreement
Reactions

Hesitation markers

Eh
Uh
Este
Um
Pues
Well
A ver
Let's see
Bueno
Well then
Mmm
Hmm
O sea
I mean

Getting attention

Oye.
Hey.
Mira.
Look.
Escucha.
Listen.
Perdona.
Excuse me.
Disculpa.
Sorry.
Fíjate.
Get this.
Un momento.
One moment.

Discourse markers

Por cierto
By the way
En fin
Anyway
De hecho
Actually
Es decir
That is
Al final
In the end
Además
Besides
En realidad
Actually

Softeners

más o menos
more or less
un poco
a little
si acaso
if anything
puede ser
could be
quizá
maybe
tal vez
perhaps
no sé
I don't know

Agreement and disagreement

Claro.
Of course.
Exacto.
Exactly.
Tal cual.
Exactly.
Tienes razón.
You're right.
No exactamente.
Not exactly.
No lo veo.
I don't see it.
Depende.
It depends.

Reactions

¡Vaya!
Wow!
¡Anda!
No way!
¡Qué raro!
How strange!
¡Menos mal!
Thank goodness!
¡Qué pena!
What a shame!
¡Qué alivio!
What a relief!
¡Qué fuerte!
That's intense!

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