How to Say ‘I start my holidays’ in Spain Spanish
Empiezo las vacaciones
em-PYEH-soh laz bah-kah-SYOH-nehs
[em-PYEH-soh laz bah-kah-SYOH-nehs]
💬 Usage Tip: The e in empezar stretches to ie in empiezo. Watch for the same shift in quiero "I want", from querer.
Phrase Breakdown
Empiezo
[em-PYEH-soh]
I start
First-person present of 'empezar' (to begin); the stem changes e to ie.
Empiezo a trabajar a las nueve.
I start work at nine.
las
[laz]
The
A definite article to specify particular entities.
Las casas son bellas.
The houses are beautiful.
vacaciones
[bah-kah-SYOH-nehs]
vacation, holidays
Feminine plural noun for time off work.
Me voy de vacaciones en agosto.
I'm going on holiday in August.
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