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Phrase set
Spanish Filler Words and Interjections
Useful Spanish fillers, attention signals, discourse markers, softeners, agreement phrases, disagreement chunks, and reactions.
Table of Contents
Hesitation markers
- 01
Eh
Uh
- 02
Este
Um
- 03
Pues
Well
- 04
A ver
Let's see
- 05
Bueno
Well then
- 06
Mmm
Hmm
- 07
O sea
I mean
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Getting attention
- 08
Oye.
Hey.
- 09
Mira.
Look.
- 10
Escucha.
Listen.
- 11
Perdona.
Excuse me.
- 12
Disculpa.
Sorry.
- 13
Fíjate.
Get this.
- 14
Un momento.
One moment.
Discourse markers
- 15
Por cierto
By the way
- 16
En fin
Anyway
- 17
De hecho
Actually
- 18
Es decir
That is
- 19
Al final
In the end
- 20
Además
Besides
- 21
En realidad
Actually
Softeners
- 22
más o menos
more or less
- 23
un poco
a little
- 24
si acaso
if anything
- 25
puede ser
could be
- 26
quizá
maybe
- 27
tal vez
perhaps
- 28
no sé
I don't know
Agreement and disagreement
- 29
Claro.
Of course.
- 30
Exacto.
Exactly.
- 31
Tal cual.
Exactly.
- 32
Tienes razón.
You're right.
- 33
No exactamente.
Not exactly.
- 34
No lo veo.
I don't see it.
- 35
Depende.
It depends.
Reactions
- 36
¡Vaya!
Wow!
- 37
¡Anda!
No way!
- 38
¡Qué raro!
How strange!
- 39
¡Menos mal!
Thank goodness!
- 40
¡Qué pena!
What a shame!
- 41
¡Qué alivio!
What a relief!
- 42
¡Qué fuerte!
That's intense!
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