Many Spanish speaking hams will understand the ICAO phonetic alphabet and prosigns like CQ, and QRZ.
A typical QSO in Spanish between John, an English speaker, and Juan, a Spanish speaker:
John---CQ CQ CQ---ESTA ES (esstah ess) W1AW(Doe Blay Vay, uno, aah, Doe Blay Vay)
Juan---Esta es XE1CG (ECK keys KEYS, eh, uno, say, hay)
John---(Again! Again!) Otra vez? (Oh TRA vez)
Juan--- XE1CG (ECK keys, eh, uno, say, hay) ¿Cuál es su indicativo?
John--- Mi indicativo es W1AW (Doe blay vay, uno, aah, Doe blay vay)
Juan--- need Spanish words for signal report Su es ????????
John---signal report
Juan---Cual se Nombre (Kwal, Say, Nome bray)
John---Mi nombre es xxxxx
Juan---¿Donde está usted? ( DOhN DAY, ess tah, oos ted)
John---Estoy en xxxxxxxx(ESS toy, en)
Juan-Por favor QSL (Pour Fah vore, Coo, ESS ay, Elay)
John---QSL Via LOTW (COO, Ess, Elay, Buyah, Elay, Oh, Tah, Doe blay vay)
Juan---73 ( say TAINT tah, Trace)
John---Un placer (oon, Play sir)
Spanish Alphabet.......... Spanish Numbers
| ... | Pronunciation | ... | Pronunciation | ... | Pronunciation | ... | Pronunciation |
| A | (aah) | > N | ENnay | 1 | OOH no | 2 | Dose |
| B | bay | O | Oh | 3 | Trace | 4 | Kwat Tro |
| C | say | P | pay | 5 | SINK oh | 6 | Sayce |
| D | day | Q | coo | 7 | SEE ay TAY | 8 | OH CHO |
| E | eh | R | airay | 9 | NWAY vay | 0 | SAYR oh |
| F | effay | S | ESS ay | | | | |
| G | hay | T | tay | | | | |
| H | ah chay | U | OOH | 10 | dee ACE | 20 | Venn tay |
| I | ee | V | bay peckAIN yA | 30 | Tren tay | 40 | kwah ren tay |
| J | (HOE tah) | W | Doe blay vay | 50 | sin KWAIN tah | 60 | Says en tay |
| K | kah | X | ECK keys | 70 | say TAINT tah | 80 | OH chintay |
| L | elay | Y | ee gree AY gah | 90 | no VAIN tah | 100 | See YAIN toe |
| M | EM mAY | Z | SAY tah | | | | |
Useful Phrases
1) What is your Callsign? ¿Cuál es su indicativo?( Kwall, Soo, IN dick uh tee voe)
2)My Callsign is: Mi indicativo es (Me,indick uh tee voe, ESS)
3)My name is Mi nombre es ( Me nome bray Ess)
4)Where are you?
¿Donde está usted? ( DOhN DAY, ess tah, oos ted)
5)I am in: Estoy en xxxxxxxx(ESS toy, en xxxx)
Estoy ubicado en xxxxxxxx (I'm located in)
6) Again! Again!
Otra vez----(OH tra VEZ) -- literally, "another time", but that's what they say for "again".
For contests like WPX, Field Day, SSB Sprint, etc:
7) What is your number? ¿Cuál es su numero? (Kwal, Ess, Soo, New mare oh)
8) My number is: Mi número es: ( Me, New mare oh, ESS)
QSL request
9) Please QSL--Por favor QSL (Pour Fah vore, Coo, ESS ay, Elay)
via QRZ, (Buyah, Coo, AIRay, SAY tah)
via LoTW, (Buyah, Elay, Oh, Tah, Doe blay vay)
direct mail A Mi dirrecion (aah, Me, Die wreck see ohn)
9)A closing salutation.
There are many possibilities here.
Un placer -- "a pleasure", short for "It's been a pleasure meeting you".
Que le vaya todo bien -- "Wishing all the best for you"
Cuidate -- "Take care" this one is a little less formal than the previous ones.
73 ( say TAINT tah, Trace)
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