Spanish Filler Words (How to Sound More Natural) 

“Tipo” and “en plan”

Not sure if anyone has already mentioned this , but in Southern Californian Spanish, the filler word I hear most is "este".

Slight offshoot from one of your examples, but I hear my fiancé say "quiero ver" a lot

mejor dicho

@@FeliceChiapperini Yes, I asked my Spanish teacher in Costa Rica what he uses if he's stalling while thinking and he said he uses "este..." and my teacher here in Guanajuato uses "mmm..." similar to "em" but more like mm mm good.

Nice example James!! Thanks for sharing! 👍

I came to say this one ‘de verdad’ and ‘en serio’ is one I hear a bit too

En plan..

TOTALLY agree

Soy mexicano, y confirmo que tienes toda la razón :)

Thanks for sharing John!! 😃

¡Me alegro! Gracias Paul 🙏

I would say that we are more leaning towards Mexican Spanish than the Spanish of Spain. But check out our video on this topic for details.

@@realfastspanish Well, there ya go. Great to know that. Maybe it was the Spanish flag in your thumbnails that made me think that. But come to think of it, you really don't dwell on the vos/os. Thanks for clarifying.

Thanks for the kind words Maneela! 😊

Thanks Denise for the feedback! 😊

¡Me alegro! 😊

I'm glad you enjoyed it Rebecca!! 😊

Hi Flash, maybe. I might cover the subjunctive in a future video but we have two courses that have about 18 weeks of curriculum that cover the subjunctive which is difficult to squeeze into a RU-vid video or a series of videos.

Thanks for sharing 😊

Actually, both meanings of "ya es mala suerte" are possible options, depends on the context. But I'm a native speaker and the meaning is more likely to be as the video's guy said because of the speed with which the man is saying it.

Así es, en México usamos esa frase con bastante frecuencia.

Hello, I'm from Mexico and I had a Uruguayan friend who kept saying that "ta" all the time during conversations, and although I never asked her what she meant, I noticed that she said it in a situation where you (English speakers) would say "whatever", meaning that you don't care much about something.However, your translation, or interpretation may not be wrong, since this kind of "filler words" have different shades of meaning very often.For us, Spanish speakers, it's not hard to undersatand or at least to have an idea of phrases other Spanish speakers from other countries say, maybe because we quickly spot a pattern in the context where they say them. Sorry, I didn't find the best way to translate my idea from Spanish to English in a clearer way.I'm in that stage where it's easier for me to understand spoken and written English than to write or pronounce it haha.

@@gerlautamr.656 Usted explanacion es muy bien! Perdon, no se como escribir los acentos en la computadora.

Great examples, thanks for sharing! 😊

I can' t tell you why , but when something is not possible at all we use " es imposible " , when something is very hard , difficult or bothersome but it might or might not change ,we might use " está imposible " being the last more of an idiom : If I have 10 € and it is the 10th of the month " Es imposible llegar a fin de mes " = It is not possible to make ends meet If I am on a tight budget and I have a lot of expenses and inflation goes wild and it is hard to make ends meet :" Está imposible llegar a fin de mes " = " It is very hard and I struggle to meet ends meet because everything is expesive "

Argentinians and Uruguayans use that word quite often.A large percentage of the population of these two countries has Italian ancestry, so that might be the reason.However, that word is also used (less frequently) in other parts of Latin America.Even in Mexico (my country), it's not rare to hear it, mainly from young people though.

@@gerlautamr.656 Thanks. I'm pretty sure this was at least 35, 40 years ago, so she's no longer young.

@@gerlautamr.656 Ciao was widely used among young people in Peru and Bolivia when I was there 45 years ago.

Sí, la verdad que tienes razón. A pesar de eso, uno siempre quiere sonar lo más parecido posible a la persona nativa del idioma que estás aprendiendo... e inevitablemente hay momentos entre frases que uno ocupa el "em" y que no es para dar espacio para pensar, uno lo ocupa solo para rellenar la frase o para que no suene tan fría. De todos modos, si yo escucho a un spanish learner decir "em" en lugar de "um" me quedaré con la imagen de que tiene un mejor español. Aunque en verdad los nativos también decimos "um" a veces, el hecho de que alguien que está aprendiendo el idioma diga "em" demuestra un mayor dominio del idioma.

Interesting. Where's that (country/city/area)? And it's 'bien día', not "buen día'?

Nice, thanks for sharing 🙏

both are correct, the area I live in is a very Cuban/PR-influenced type of Spanish. When I think about it, "Bein dia" and "Bon Dia" are similar. " Bon dia" is what Catalan speakers say, Catalan is a language spoken on the east side of Spain are called Catalunya. There might be no correlation but nice to think about.

Alright correction, I did grow up around Spanish speakers at home and at my job but I confused some of the words , they say “tenga bein día” As in Tenga as a mood conjugation of Tener, it is said as a polite command Like “I kindly order you to have a nice day”

😂 Yes, very true!

"Este..." is sooo common in Mexico, my country :)

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Hola John, yes, "así" can mean "so", it can also mean "like this" or "like that" or "that way". Think about the example that I used in this video: "I mean, Chris is crazy and I love him that way and that's it" - "O sea, Chris está loco y así lo amo y ya." Here "así" translates to "that way" (Así lo amo -> I love him that way).

@@realfastspanish Muchas Gracias

The same thing happens to me.I'm a native Spanish speaker who can understand almost an entire conversation in English (I'd say about 90-95 %), and I also know the English grammar a lot, however, I need to work so much more on improving my accent when speaking English.

Thanks for the feedback Antoine. I'll assume that you are referring to my accent when I'm speaking Spanish? In general, my pronunciation of Spanish words is quite good. But, if I've made a mistake with Spanish pronunciation somewhere, please let me know, I would be happy to work on it!