Christmas Day: Exchanging Christmas greetings and well-wishes

💬 Adding -ísimo cranks a word up to "really, really": mucho becomes muchísimo, bueno becomes buenísimo "super good".

💬 coméis is the vosotros "you all" form, used only in Spain; in Latin America you'd hear comen.

💬 comer here means the main midday meal, not just "to eat", which is why it comes out as "having lunch".

🇪🇸 Christmas Day in Spain centres on a long family lunch, often running well into the afternoon, rather than an evening dinner.

💬 Spanish has no "'s" ending, so "someone's house" is en casa de + person: en casa de Juan "at Juan's".

💬 Putting tú first turns the attention to the other person, like "And what about you, what are you doing?". It's a natural way to bounce a question back.

💬 voy a + any action is the easy way to talk about plans: voy a comer "I'm going to eat". The second a appears because the people being called are a person or people.

💬 qué + a describing word makes a quick reaction: ¡Qué bonito!, ¡Qué rico! "How tasty!", ¡Qué pena! "What a shame!".

💬 dales is da "give" with les "them" stuck on the end; requests often attach the person this way. To ask for the same thing for one person, say dale recuerdos.

🇪🇸 A warm, everyday send-off in Spain, even if you've never met the family. It's polite rather than formal.

💬 In Spain, the c is said (th): (GRAH-thyahs).

💬 When "to them" les meets "them" los, les changes to se; les los is never said. Same pattern with one item: se lo doy "I'll give it to him/her".

💬 que + a wish is how Spanish says "hope you…": que te vaya bien "hope it goes well". paséis is the Spain-only vosotros "you all" form; to one person it's que lo pases bien.

🇪🇸 The standard one-word reply to any good wish in Spain, from ¡Feliz Navidad! to ¡Buen provecho! "Enjoy your meal!".

💬 Don't drop the squiggle: año is "year", but ano means "anus". The ñ sounds like the "ny" in "canyon": (AH-nyoh).

💬 por si means "just in case" and works with any situation: por si llueve "in case it rains".

🇪🇸 Spaniards routinely add this when parting in late December. Wishing a happy New Year early is normal, not premature.

🇪🇸 Used as an everyday goodbye even when you won't see the person again soon. It's the default in shops and with neighbours too.