<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>Colombia/AirportLifeSaverSpanish</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2026-01-11 18:32:53</date><authorinitials>IgorTamara</authorinitials><revremark>Añado some facts</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2026-01-10 13:06:23</date><authorinitials>IgorTamara</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><para>This space shows simple phrases used commonly when visiting Colombia. </para><informaltable><tgroup cols="3"><colspec colname="col_0"/><colspec colname="col_1"/><colspec colname="col_2"/><tbody><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Phrase</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Spanish</emphasis></para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para><emphasis role="strong">Comment</emphasis></para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Please</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Por favor</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>We love polite people</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Thank you</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Gracias</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>We love polite people</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>How much does it cost?</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>¿Cuánto cuesta?</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Good morning</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Buenos días</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Before midday</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Good afternoon</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Buenas tardes</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>After midday when there is still sunlight</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Good night</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Buenas noches</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>When the sun has hidden</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>I need some help</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>Ayúdame por favor</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>look, we are polite here</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>right</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>derecha</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>left</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>izquierda</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>straight</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>derecho</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>one</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>uno</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>two</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>dos</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>three</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>tres</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>four</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>cuatro</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>five</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>cinco</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>six</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>seis</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>seven</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>siete</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>ocho</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>eight</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>nine</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>nueve</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>ten</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>diez</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>one thousand</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>mil</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>I'm hungry</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>tengo hambre</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row><row rowsep="1"><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>I'm sleepy</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>tengo sueño</para></entry><entry colsep="1" rowsep="1"><para>.</para></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable><section><title>Some facts</title><para>Prefer to use an app to get rides, instead of waving a taxi in the street </para><para>Colombians are known to be friendly with people from other countries, people try to understand and communicate even when you don't speak spanish. </para><para>The whole year each part of the country has more or less the same temperature, sun rises and falls more or less at the same time, having 12 hours of sunlight. </para><para>Depending on the place you are staying, you will have around 13°C or 30°C, the coast is hot. The temperature depends on the altitude, not much on the time of the year, the higher, the colder. </para><para>Bogotá, the main city is kind of cold, if you are staying there, consider clothing for 7-20°C, we do not have a reliable weather forecast, is good to have an umbrella. </para></section></article>