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Handy phrases?

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What are some neat little phrases that you learnt one day and never stopped using? Not necessarily natural Spanish but what you just got stuck in your head and are constantly using.

Por ejemplo

¡Ya voy! Coming!

No pasa nada. No worries mate. (I´m Australian, I needed this.)

Ciao. People seem to use this here much more often than hasta luego or adiós

¡Pues, bueno! ¡Dañe todo! Well, fine! Break everything! I use this pretty much every time someone knocks a coffee haha.

¡Déjame! for the incredible number of beggars/street entertainers here in Barcelona that are actually very skilled pickpockets.

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updated Jul 20, 2011
posted by mistermouse

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There are those useful little pause words that give you a chance to think, words like vale, pues, bueno, entonces, creo que... aveces, and phrases like me da igual, me da lo mismo, no importa, y tal y cual, y tan....

updated Jul 20, 2011
posted by lagartijaverde
Good ones Bird! - heliotropeman, Jul 19, 2011
Wow, they are **really** valuable! Thanks!! - territurtle, Jul 19, 2011
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I have a few smile ...

Me encanta verte otra vez. I'm delighted to see you again.

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? How is the weather like today? I like that one.

Para divertirte, ¿qué haces? For fun, what do you do?

¿Tendrías la bondad de (infinitive)...[para mí]? Would you be so kind as to (do a verb)...[for me]?

No deberías tomarte la molestia de hacerlo para mí. You don't have to go through the trouble of doing it for me.

updated Jul 19, 2011
posted by GuitarWarrior
guau, yours are really useful! - mistermouse, Jul 19, 2011
¡Jajaja! I love to use them :) - GuitarWarrior, Jul 19, 2011
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Oh I´ve thought of another one now

No me molesta. Doesn´t bother me.

But possibly my favourite false friend in Spanish is molestar. This is probably very juvenile of me but I basically wait with bated breath for the opportunity to say "it doesn´t molest me".

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And then imagine my delight the other day at a café, when a man asked me if his dog was molesting me.

updated Jul 20, 2011
posted by mistermouse
What a delightful experience! ;) - territurtle, Jul 19, 2011
The delight was astronomical. - mistermouse, Jul 20, 2011
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I like those sentence starters,

Por eso - That's why...

Por cierto/A propósito - By the way...

Lo (adjetivo) es - The funny/bad/good/etc. thing is...

updated Jul 19, 2011
edited by TheSilentHero
posted by TheSilentHero
Oh, I didn´t realise that worked with any adjective, how handy! Good answer. - mistermouse, Jul 19, 2011
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I use "¿Todo bien?" a lot. Almost always when I see one of my friends or someone I know well I use this phrase.

updated Jul 19, 2011
posted by eltennis97
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"No me importa" ,this has stuck with me.I like this one too. ¿Te gusta?

updated Jul 19, 2011
posted by heliotropeman