Compliments and Pick Up Lines in Spanish

Learn to say these phrases before you go to Spain or Latin America

Spanish, being a romance language, has many very romantic phrases you can use to at least get the attention of the opposite sex. These are also known as piropos, and they are ways to compliment. This page is just an intro, so if you really want to get a great book on Spanish Pickup Lines, then buy the book Making Out In Spanish. This is the only real authority on pickup lines in this language.

If you've not been to Spain before, you should consider getting a Travel Guide for Spain. Lonely Planet has a very good one.

Because Spanish is such a widely used language, we will skip past the small and go straight to the phrases.

A few things to remember:
The letter "D" has a "the" sound as in The.
The double L, "ll" is pronounced like the English letter "Y", as in "you".
They roll their R's, as do many similar languages.
The letter "H" is not very well pronounced.
They have an "ñ", which is called an "N-yay". In English it is like making a "nyuh-". It is somewhat difficult to explain, so just give it your best college try. Although in writing, as in speech this differentiation between "n" and "ñ" can make a huge difference. Even the difference between words seemingly as simple as "año" and "ano"... Very different.

And most importantly, this is by no means the definitive guide to Spanish speaking and phrases, nor are the phonetics official. It is just how I hear them and how I can best describe.

If you really want to get a great book on Spanish Pickup Lines, then buy the Making Out In Spanish books. This is the only real authority on pickup lines in this language.

English	Spanish	Phonetic
Your beautiful	Eres hermosos	air-ace air-mo-sos
You have beautiful eyes	Tienes ojos hermosos	tea-en-ace oh-hos air-mo-sos
You have a beautiful smile	Tienes linda sonrisa	Tea-en-ace lin-da son-ree-sa
Can I buy you a drink?	Quieres algo de tomar?	kee-air-ace all-go day toe-mar
I want to make babies with you	Quiero tener hijos contigo	Kee-airo ten-air ee-hos kone-tee-go
You're my other half	Eres mi otro mitad	Air-ace me ote-ro mee-tad
You are very pretty, lady	Es usted muy guapa, señorita	Es oo-sted moo-ee gwap-pa, seen-your-eeta
These require a bit more charisma.
If being sexy was a crime, then you'd spend the rest of your life in jail.	Si ser sexy fuese un delito, te pasarías la vida en la cárcel	Sea Sair sexy foo-ace-a oon del-ee-toe pah-say-rias la vee-da en la car-cel
I would love to be a tear, to be born in your eyes, live in your cheek and die in your lips.	Me gustaría ser lágrima: para nacer en tus ojos, vivir en tu mejilla y morir en tus labios.	May goo-sta-ria sair la-greema: parra en toos oh-hoes, vee-veer en too may-he-ya e mor-eer en toos lab-ee-os
I would love it if you were the ocean so that I could navigate through your body.	Ojalá fueras oceano para navegar por tu cuerpo.	Oh-hala foo-air-ahs oh-ceano parra nav-ay-gar por too kwer-po
Blessed are my eyes to look at such beauty	Dichosos son mis ojos por ver tanta belleza	Dee-cho-sos son mees oh-hoes por vair tan-ta be-yeza

This is by no means definitive, but it will help you on your way. If you are looking for more phrases, please let us know in an email or Tweet us. Or get yourself the Lonely Planet Travel Guide for Spain.

If you really want to get a great book on Spanish Pickup Lines, then buy the Making Out In Spanish books. This is the only real authority on pickup lines in this language.

Good luck out there!

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