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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Speak Spanish like a native, use fillers


The most valid way to sound like a native in any language is to use the fillers and verbal nods of that lingo. An often ignored aspect of any language that is never taught officially in any grammar books. Filler words are perhaps one of the strongest aspect of colloquialism in Spanish, like any other language.


In Spanish those "filler" words are called muletillas (or, less commonly, palabras de relleno) and are very common. But Spanish speakers tend not to use one-syllable utterances as much as in English. Instead, they tend to use common words like este (usually pronounced as esteeeee, depending on how nervous the person is), esto (or estoooo) or in Mexico o sea (which roughly means "I mean").

Che is often heard in Argentina. In other areas you may hear es decir (meaning, roughly, "that is to say"). The "er" has its equivalent in the sound "eeeehh," and em is similar to the English "ummm."

Also, it is very common to use pues, which loosely translates into the English ‘well.’ Pues can be used at the start of a sentence as a kind of filler while you can get your thoughts together. Or try a ver, which is to say, "let's see."

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