Space in Spanish

This free audio lesson is talking about Space in Spanish. We will cover the planets in Spanish as well as other useful vocabulary when talking about outer-space!

You are going to rocket through this lesson today--pardon the pun. Most of the names for the planets in space are virtually identical to English. In most cases however, they have a different emphasis on the pronunciation, which you need to master. Just like in English the words for planets are capitalized in Spanish.

All words that are capitalized in Spanish are also capitalized in English, but the reverse is not true--days of the week and months of the year are not capitalized for example and in titles only the first letter is honored with one.

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Talking about Space in Spanish

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Júpiter

Jupiter

Marte

Mars

Mercurio

Mercury

Neptuno

Neptune

Plutón

Pluto

Saturno

Saturn

Tierra

Earth

Urano

Uranus

Venus

Venus

Sol

Sun

Estrella

Star

Luna

Moon

Astronauta

Astronaut

Nave espacial

Space ship

Estación espacial

Space station

Some Spanish "Space" phrases

Comencé a trabajar en un proyecto de turismo espacial

I started working on a project about "Space Tourism"

¿Viajará Mauricio al espacio?

Is Mauricio going to travel to space?

Ya no quiero ir al espacio.

I don't want to go to space anymore.

Now that you have learned some space related vocabulary you are ready to do some star gazing. Remember to keep reviewing everything that you learn so that it stays fixed in your memory and try to use the vocabulary regularly to build fluency in the language--the old adage “Use it or lose it” applies perfectly to language learning.

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See you soon! ¡Hasta pronto!

Mauricio Evlampieff: Rocket Spanish

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