Ultimate Spanish Notebook
65 topics
3000+ unique words
600+ phrases
160 pages
64 pages of vocabulary
16 pages of grammar
73 empty pages
Author: Kristian Muthugalage
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| Reading | Listening |
| Writing | Speaking |
| Language learning resources | |
| Applications | Duolingo, Memrise, Lingvist etc. |
| Books | Read books/e-books/online articles about topics that interest you |
| Flashcards | Make them yourself or use quizlet or other flashcard apps |
| Language class | Attend a Spanish class |
| Movies | Watch movies and try to pick up as many new words as you can |
| Music | Listen to music you like, www.radio.net has radio channels from all over the world |
| News | Watch and listen to the news in Spanish |
| Notebook | Write in your Ultimate Spanish Notebook |
| Pen pal | Find a penpal to whom you can write real letters or chat online |
| Podcast | Listen to interesting podcasts on Youtube, Soundcloud or Spotify |
| Recording yourself | Record yourself reading a text sample and then listen to your own recording |
| Singing | Learn the lyrics of songs you like in Spanish |
| Speaking with natives | Talk to natives while traveling or find them at your home city |
| Videos | Watch videos on Youtube or Vimeo about topics that interest you |
Use all other resources together with this notebook. Add all the new words and phrases under one of the 64 topics or create a new topic in the empty pages. This is the center of all your knowledge in Spanish.
Timeline of Spain's history
| 5000bc | Iberian tribes inhabited the Iberian Peninsula |
| 1000bc | Celts from Central Europe mixed with the Iberians |
| 100 | Christianity arrived in the area |
| 400 | Western Roman Empire collapsed |
| 500 | Western Visigoths established a kingdom |
| 711 | Berbers and Arabs spread Islam to the Iberian Peninsula from Northern Africa |
| 1212 | Fight of Tolosa, The Christian kingdoms took the Iberian Peninsula back from the Moslem caliphates, leaving only the Emirate of Granada in Southern Spain under Moslem rule |
| 1230 | Kingdoms of Leon ja Castile merged |
| 1469 | Kingdoms of Aragonia and Castile merged and as a result the modern Spain was born |
| 1492 | The last Moorish kingdom collapsed and the 800-year Moslem reign ended in the Iberian Peninsula |
| 1492 | Columbus sailed to Central and South America funded by Queen Isabella |
| 1513 | Navarra was attached to Spain |
| 1581 | The Netherlands split off from the Holy Roman Empire |
| 1640 | Portugal split off from the union with Spain after 60 years |
| 1700 | The Bourbon family rose in power after the Spanish Habsburg's family died away, Spain lost Belgium and parts of Italy to the Austrian Habsburgs, Sicily to the Savoi family and the British conquered Gibraltar |
| 1807 | Napoleon attacked Spain and made his brother Josef Bonaparte the King of Spain |
| 1825 | All Latin American territories had gained independence except Cuba and Puerto Rico |
| 1898 | Spain lost Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines to USA |
| 1939-75 | General Francisco Franco's dictatorship |
| 1977 | First parliament elections in 40 years |
| 1982 | Spain joined NATO |
| 1986 | Spain joined the predecessor of EU |
| 1992 | Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics |
| 2008 | Spain won the European Championship in football |
| 2010 | Spain won the FIFA World Cup in football |
| 2017 | Failed declaration of independence of Catalonia |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic in Spain |
| 1492 | Christopher Columbus started the voyages to the Americas, Spain became the first superpower of the world |
| 1494 | Treaty of Tordesillas divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire (Crown of Castile) |
| 1492-1541 | Spain colonized nearly the whole present-day Latin America |
| 1520-1824 | Spanish Viceroyalties ruled Latin America and parts of present-day USA |
| 1778 | Spain got Equatorial Guinea in an exchange of land from Portugal |
| 1811-1828 | Most of the Latin American countries became independent from Spain |
| 1819-1830 | Gran Colombia (Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela) |
| 1823-1840 | Central American countries (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica) were unified as one state |
| 1846-1848 | Mexico lost California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona to USA |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War, Spain lost Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam and the Philippines to USA |
| 1903 | Panama became independent from Colombia with the aid of USA |
| 1968 | Equatorial Guinea was the last colony to gain independence from Spain |
Spanish-speaking world
Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states and one dependent territory, totaling around 442 million people.
| Country | Capital | Population | |
| 1 | Mexico | Mexico City | 120,286,655 |
| 2 | Colombia | Bogotá | 48,400,388 |
| 3 | Spain | Madrid | 47,737,941 |
| 4 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 43,024,374 |
| 5 | Peru | Lima | 30,147,935 |
| 6 | Venezuela | Caracas | 28,868,486 |
| 7 | Chile | Santiago | 17,363,894 |
| 8 | Ecuador | Quito | 15,654,411 |
| 9 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 14,647,083 |
| 10 | Cuba | Havana | 11,047,251 |
| 11 | Bolivia | La Paz / Sucre | 10,631,486 |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 10,349,741 |
| 13 | Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 8,598,561 |
| 14 | Paraguay | Asunción | 6,703,860 |
| 15 | El Salvador | San Salvador | 6,125,512 |
| 16 | Nicaragua | Managua | 5,848,641 |
| 17 | Costa Rica | San José | 4,755,234 |
| 18 | Panama | Panama City | 3,608,431 |
| 19 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 3,332,972 |
| 20 | Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | 1,722,254 |
World's most spoken languages by total number of speakers
The Spanish languages ranks second in the amount of native speakers after Mandarin Chinese and fourth in the amount of total speakers after English, Mandarin Chinese and Hindi.
| Language | Language family | Native speakers | Total speakers | |
| 1 | English | Indo-European | 369.7 million | 1.268 billion |
| 2 | Mandarin Chinese | Sino-Tibetan | 921.5 million | 1.120 billion |
| 3 | Hindi | Indo-European | 342.0 million | 637.3 million |
| 4 | Spanish | Indo-European | 463.0 million | 537.9 million |
| 5 | French | Indo-European | 77.3 million | 276.6 million |
| 6 | Standard Arabic | Afro-Asiatic | - | 274.0 million |
| 7 | Bengali | Indo-European | 228.5 million | 265.2 million |
| 8 | Russian | Indo-European | 153.6 million | 258.0 million |
| 9 | Portuguese | Indo-European | 227.9 million | 252.2 million |
| 10 | Indonesian | Austronesian | 43.6 million | 199.0 million |
| Welcome! | ¡Bienvenido! |
| Hello! | ¡Hola! |
| Good morning! | ¡Buenos días! |
| Good day! | ¡Buen día! |
| Good evening! | ¡Buenas tardes! |
| Good night! | ¡Buenas noches! |
| Long time no see! | ¡Mucho tiempo sin verte! |
| Please | Por favor |
| Thank you | Gracias |
| No problem | De nada (response to thanks) / No hay problema (expressing agreement) |
| You’re welcome | De nada / No hay de que |
| I'm sorry | Lo siento |
| Excuse me | Perdóneme / Disculpame |
| Nice to meet you | Encantado/ a de conocerte |
| My pleasure | El gusto es mio |
| Likewise | Igualmente |
| You too | Tú también / Ustedes también |
| How are you? | ¿Cómo estás? |
| I’m fine | Estoy bien |
| So so | Regular / Más o menos |
| I'm not good | No estoy bien |
| Are you ok? | ¿Estas bien? |
| Yes | Sí |
| No | No |
| Congratulations! | ¡Felicidades! |
| Well done! | ¡Bien hecho! |
| Take care! | ¡Cuídate! |
| Good luck! | ¡Buena suerte! |
| Goodbye! | ¡Adiós! |
| See you later! | ¡Nos vemos más tarde! |
| Bon appetit! | ¡Buen provecho! |
| Cheers! | ¡Salud! |
| Happy Birthday | ¡Feliz cumpleaños! |
| Happy New Year! | ¡Feliz año nuevo! |
| Happy Valentines day | ¡Feliz día de San Valentín! |
| Merry Christmas! | ¡Feliz Navidad! |
| What’s your name? | ¿Cuál es tu nombre? / ¿Como te llamas? |
| What’s your family name? | ¿Cual es tu apellido? |
| My name is (name) | Me llamo ... |
| My family name is (name) | Mi apellido es … |
| You can call me (name) | Me puedes llamar … |
| Who are you? | ¿Quién eres tú? |
| Let me introduce myself | Permítame presentarme |
| I am (name) | Soy … |
| How old are you? | ¿Cuantos años tienes? |
| I’m 30 years old | Tengo treinta años |
| Age | la edad |
| Year | el año |
| First name | el primer nombre |
| Nickname | el apodo |
| Family name | el apellido / el nombre familiar |
| Mr | señor |
| Mrs | señora |
| Miss | señorita |
| Man | el hombre |
| Woman | la mujer |
| Boy | el niño / el chico |
| Girl | la niña / la chica |
| To be called | llamarse |
| To call | llamar |
| To introduce | introducir / presentar |
| 0 | cero |
| 1 | uno |
| 2 | dos |
| 3 | tres |
| 4 | cuatro |
| 5 | cinco |
| 6 | seis |
| 7 | siete |
| 8 | ocho |
| 9 | nueve |
| 10 | diez |
| 11 | once |
| 12 | doce |
| 13 | trece |
| 14 | catorce |
| 15 | quince |
| 16 | dieciséis |
| 17 | diecisiete |
| 18 | dieciocho |
| 19 | diecinueve |
| 20 | veinte |
| 21 | veintiuno |
| 30 | treinta |
| 40 | cuarenta |
| 50 | cincuenta |
| 60 | sesenta |
| 70 | setenta |
| 80 | ochenta |
| 90 | noventa |
| 100 | cien |
| 1000 | mil |
| 10,000 | diez mil |
| 100,000 | cien mil |
| 1 million | un millón |
| 10 million | diez millones |
| 100 million | cien millones |
| 1 billion | mil millones |
| 1 trillion | un trillón |
| Equals to (=) | es / son |
| Plus (+) | más |
| Minus (-) | menos |
| Times (x) | por |
| Divided by (:) | dividido por |
| Square root | la raíz cuadrada |
| Half | medio |
| One third | un tercio |
| One fourth | un quarto |
| One fifth | un quinto |
| 1st | primero/ a |
| 2nd | segundo/ a |
| 3rd | tercero/ a |
| 4th | cuarto/ a |
| 5th | quinto/ a |
| 6th | sexto/ a |
| 7th | séptimo/ a |
| 8th | octavo/ a |
| 9th | noveno/ a |
| 10th | décimo/ a |
| 11th | undécimo/ a |
| 12th | duodécimo/ a |
| 13th | decimotercero/ a |
| 14th | decimocuarto/ a |
| 15th | decimoquinto/ a |
| 16th | decimosexto/ a |
| 17th | decimoséptimo/ a |
| 18th | decimooctavo/ a |
| 19th | decimonoveno/ a |
| 20th | vigésimo/ a |
| 21st | vigésimo/ a primer |
| 30th | trigésimo/a |
| 40th | cuadragésimo/ a |
| 50th | quincuagésimo/ a |
| 60th | sexagésimo/ a |
| 70th | septuagésimo/ a |
| 80th | octogésimo/ a |
| 90th | nonagésimo/ a |
| 200 | doscientos |
| 300 | trescientos |
| 400 | cuatrocientos |
| 500 | quinientos |
| 600 | seiscientos |
| 700 | setecientos |
| 800 | ochocientos |
| 900 | novecientos |
| 999 | novecientos noventa y nueve |
| To count | contar |
| Addition | la suma |
| Subtraction | la resta |
| Multiplication | la multiplicación |
| Division | la división |
| Squared | cuadrado |
| Comma (,) | la coma |
| Decimal point (.) | la coma / el punto decimal |
| Decimal number | el número decimal |
| Fractional numbers | los números fraccionales |
| What is your favorite color? | ¿Cuál es tu color favorito? |
| My favorite color is red | Mi color favorito es rojo |
| Which one looks better - the light or the dark red? | ¿Cuál se ve mejor - rojo claro o rojo oscuro? |
| The dark red looks better | Rojo oscuro se ve mejor |
| Which colour are your eyes? | ¿De qué color son tus ojos? |
| My eyes are brown | Mis ojos son marrones |
| Black | negro/ a |
| Grey | gris |
| White | blanco/ a |
| Brown | marrón |
| Purple | púrpura |
| Violet | violeta |
| Blue | azul |
| Green | verde |
| Yellow | amarillo/ a |
| Red | rojo/a |
| Orange | naranja |
| Pink | rosado/ a |
| Colorful | colorido |
| Light | claro/ a |
| Light blue | azul claro/a |
| Dark | oscuro/ a |
| Dark blue | azul oscuro/a |
| Tone | el tono |