Visit El Yunque in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to visit El Yunque in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• ask for and give advice about a trip to a forest

• use vocabulary related to nature tourism

• talk about a national forest in Puerto Rico

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Adjectives

Spanish	English
endémico	endemic
impermeable	waterproof
lluvioso	rainy
resbaladizo	slippery
restringido	restricted
transpirable	breathable

examples
¿Aprenderías sobre la flora endémica? Would you learn about the endemic flora?
Es un lugar muy lluvioso. It's a very rainy place.
Tomaría precauciones en senderos resbaladizos. I'd be careful on slippery trails.

Adverb Phrase

Spanish	English
por si acaso	just in case

examples
Llevaría una linterna, por si acaso. I'd bring a flashlight, just in case.

Nouns

Spanish	English
el botiquín	first aid kit
la linterna	flashlight
el pícnic	picnic
el pico	peak
el pronóstico	forecast
el recorrido	walk, route, tour
el sendero	trail
el tentempié	snack
la tormenta	storm

examples
¿Podría prestarme un botiquín, por favor? Could you please lend me a first aid kit?
Llevaría una linterna, por si acaso. I'd bring a flashlight, just in case.
Haría un pícnic en un área designada. I'd have a picnic in a designated area.

Noun Phrases

Spanish	English
el área designada	designated area
El Toro	El Toro
El Yunque	El Yunque
La Mina	La Mina
Torre Yokahú	Yokahú Tower

examples
Haría un pícnic en un área designada. I'd have a picnic in a designated area.
Me detendría en la Torre Yokahú. I'd stop at Yokahú Tower.
Visitaría la cascada La Mina. I'd visit La Mina Falls.

Translating Names

The Spanish word yunquemeans anvil in English. However, in these lessons, it’s referring to the proper name of a national forest located in Puerto Rico, and that’s why it is left as-is! Let’s take a look at El Yunque and the other names we saw in these lessons:

Spanish	Literal English Translation	In El Yunque National Forest
La Mina	the mine	La Mina Falls is a 35-foot-tall waterfall in El Yunque National Forest.
El Toro	the bull	El Toro is the highest peak in the Luquillo Mountains.
El Yunque	the anvil	El Yunque National Forest is located in Puerto Rico.

Remember that feminine nouns that begin with a stressed a or ha- sound in Spanish, like área, use the articles eland unin the singular.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Spanish	English
detenerse	to stop
iniciar	to start

Detenerse

Detenerse(to stop) is an -er pronominal verb that is irregular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me detendría	I would stop
tú	te detendrías	you would stop	informal singular you
vos	te detendrías	you would stop	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se detendría	he, she would stop
usted	se detendría	you would stop	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos detendríamos	we would stop
vosotros, vosotras	os detendríais	you would stop	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se detendrían	they would stop
ustedes	se detendrían	you would stop	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Iniciar

Iniciar(to start) is an -ar verb that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	iniciaría	I would start
tú	iniciarías	you would start	informal singular you
vos	iniciarías	you would start	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	iniciaría	he, she would start
usted	iniciaría	you would start	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	iniciaríamos	we would start
vosotros, vosotras	iniciaríais	you would start	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	iniciarían	they would start
ustedes	iniciarían	you would start	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Verb Phrase

In this skill, you learn the following verb phrase!

Spanish	English
tomar precauciones	to be careful

Tomar Precauciones

Tomar precauciones(to be careful) is an -ar verb phrase that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	tomaría precauciones	I would be careful
tú	tomarías precauciones	you would be careful	informal singular you
vos	tomarías precauciones	you would be careful	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	tomaría precauciones	he, she would be careful
usted	tomaría precauciones	you would be careful	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	tomaríamos precauciones	we would be careful
vosotros, vosotras	tomaríais precauciones	you would be careful	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	tomarían precauciones	they would be careful
ustedes	tomarían precauciones	you would be careful	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

The Simple Conditional

The conditional tense in Spanish el condicionalo el pospretéritois used to talk about hypothetical situations and probabilities as well as to make polite requests and give and ask for advice.

In the Spanish conditional tense, both regular and irregular verbs use the same set of endings, and any stems that are irregular in the simple future are also irregular in the conditional.

Regular Conditional Forms

To form the conditional tense with regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, simply add the conditional endings to the end of the infinitive:

Spanish Conditional Endings

Subject	Conditional Ending
yo	-ía
tú, vos	-ías
usted, él, ella	-ía
nosotros, nosotras	-íamos
vosotros, vosotras	-íais
ustedes, ellos, ellas	-ían

Do these verb endings look familiar? They should! They’re the same as the imperfect tense endings for -er and -ir verbs.

Irregular Conditionals

As we stated before, any stems that are irregular in the simple future are also irregular in the conditional. The irregular stems in the conditional are:

Infinitive	Conditional Stem
caber	cabr-
decir	dir-
haber	habr-
hacer	har-
mantener	mantendr-
poder	podr-
poner	pondr-
querer	querr-
saber	sabr-
salir	saldr-
tener	tendr-
valer	valdr-
venir	vendr-

For example:

examples

Haría un pícnic en un área designada.

I'd have a picnic in a designated area.

Me pondría zapatos cómodos para caminar.

I'd wear comfortable walking shoes.

Conditional Markers

Just like in English, there are words and phrases that let us know that we need to conjugate our verbs in the conditional tense. In these lessons, you learned the following conditional markers:

Spanish	English
Yo, en tu lugar	If I were you
Yo que tú	If I were you

Verbal Periphrasis in Spanish

What's Verbal Periphrasis?

In Spanish, a verbal periphrasis is a verbal construction made of two verb forms, a conjugated form and an impersonal form (an infinitive, a present participle, or a past participle). Verbal periphrasis is used in the informal future, the present progressive, and the perfect tenses. You can learn more about verbal periphrasis in this article

In these lessons, you saw the following verbs that are followed by the infinitive:

Spanish	English
deber	should
dejarse	to let oneself
evitar	to avoid
gustar	to like
poder	to be able to
recomendar	to recommend
ser posible	to be possible
ser útil	to be useful