Colombia/AirportLifeSaverSpanish

This space shows simple phrases used commonly when visiting Colombia.

Phrase	Spanish	Comment
Please	Por favor	We love polite people
Thank you	Gracias	We love polite people
How much does it cost?	¿Cuánto cuesta?
Good morning	Buenos días	Before midday
Good afternoon	Buenas tardes	After midday when there is still sunlight
Good night	Buenas noches	When the sun has hidden
I need some help	Ayúdame por favor	look, we are polite here
right	derecha	.
left	izquierda	.
straight	derecho	.
one	uno	.
two	dos	.
three	tres	.
four	cuatro	.
five	cinco	.
six	seis	.
seven	siete	.
ocho	eight	.
nine	nueve	.
ten	diez	.
one thousand	mil	.
I'm hungry	tengo hambre	.
I'm sleepy	tengo sueño	.

Some facts

Prefer to use an app to get rides, instead of waving a taxi in the street

Colombians are known to be friendly with people from other countries, people try to understand and communicate even when you don't speak spanish.

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.

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.

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.