App for Spanish travel phrases

tanith

Can anyone recommend an app, free preferably that I can use on my phone for a trip in which I'll be meeting some of my son's partners Spanish speaking family , I only have a few words and I just want to be able to ask questions, whether I'll understand the answers is another story thanks

martindow

tanith wrote: »

whether I'll understand the answers is another story thanks

Well that's the problem, there's no point asking questions in fluent Spanish from your phone.

I would recommend trying to learn as bit more Spanish. When people can see that you are having a go, no matter how basic your knowledge, it goes a long way towards them making an effort to try to communicate with you. Your son or his partner are always going to be there to help out when needed.

Try something like this, maybe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/mividaloca/

Buenas vacaciones!

Moto2

There's a good podcast from Radio Lingua

http://radiolingua.com/shows/spanish/coffee-break-spanish/

Auto download with iTunes for Apple just subscribe to the podcast
https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/coffee-break-spanish/id201598403?mt=2

on Kindle now too
Pretty sure there'll be some sort of auto download on Android too

tanith

Thanks both I did find one that has useful phrases and words which I intend on trying to learn on the flight out.. but I can always just take a quick peek if I forget , well that's the intention anyway I will investigate both your suggestions too. I agree its better to try and get it wrong than no bother at all....thankyou

They speak both languages to my new grandson , how wonderful that he'll be naturally bilingual..

stoneman

SayHi Translate is quite good.

Teahfc

Download Itranslate from the App Store, it will allow you to ask or type a sentence and will read it back to you, it also has a history page to store your questions that you can use off line. A great App