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How to express I am hungry, thirsty, cold, etc in Spanish

In English, phrases that express when someone is experiencing a sensation or condition such as thirst, hunger, cold, etc are constructed with the verb to be, e.g.,  to express that I am experiencing hunger the English phrase is: I am hungry.


In Spanish we use the verb “to have” to express that someone is experiencing one of those sensations, i.e., in Spanish we possess the condition. For example, in Spanish I am hungry is: Tengo hambre, which literally means “I have hunger” as though I possessed the hunger.

See below a table with the English and Spanish phrases to express the experiencing of different sensations.

I am cold	Tengo frío (literally means I have cold)
I am hot	Tengo calor (literally means I have heat)
I am hungry	Tengo hambre (literally means I have hunger)
I am thirsty	Tengo sed (literally means I have thirst)
I am afraid	Tengo miedo (literally means I have fear)
I am lucky	Tengo suerte (literally means I have luck)

Useful everyday Spanish expressions that you don't learn in a formal course

Many of us have learned another language in a course in our native countries, and when we go abroad to practice our new acquired language we realise we don't know how to say those very useful everyday expressions that they never teach you in a course but you need to use in the "battlefield" of the day to day life to be able to get around.

Worry no more my friends, here is a list of some expressions in Spanish, nouns and verbs that are necessary on a day to day basis at work, home, in the streets, in a shop, etc.

Although is not an exhaustive list it is a good start. This list will be periodically updated ... and if you'd like to know how to say any expression in Spanish feel free to ask and I'll get back to you "tan pronto como pueda" (as soon as I can). Cheers.

Expression	Reboot the computer	Resetear la computadora, resetear el ordenador
Expression	The computer crashed	La computadora se colgó, el ordenador se colgó
Expression	To ask for a discount	Pedir rebaja
Expression	To put someone on the phone	Pasar el telefono a alguien
Expression	To swipe the credit card	Pasar la tarjeta de crédito
Expression	To withdraw money from the ATM	Sacar plata del cajero automático
Noun	ATM	Cajero automático
Noun	Balance (of an account, banking)	Saldo
Noun	Boarding pass	Boarding pass
Noun	Booking	Reservación
Noun	Carry-on	Equipaje de mano
Noun	Credit in your Mobile Phone	Saldo
Noun	Fitting room	El Vestidor, el probador
Noun	Make up	Maquillaje
Noun	Mobile phone	Celular
Noun	Overdraft (banking)	sobregiro
Noun	Petrol station	La  estación de gasolina
Noun	SALE	Oferta, rebaja
Noun	Teller (in  a bank)	El cajero, la cajera
Noun	The person who is in the register	El cajero, la cajera
Noun	The Register (in a shop)	La Caja
Noun	To Make a booking	Hacer una reservación
Verb	Check in (a hotel)	Hacer el Check in
Verb	Check in (luggage)	Chekear el equipaje
Verb	Check out (a hotel)	Hacer el Check out
Verb	Make the bed	Hacer la cama, tender la cama
Verb	To break up (a couple)	Terminar
Verb	To fill the tank	Echar gasolina
Verb	To get off a bus, taxi	Bajarse de un autobus, taxi
Verb	To make up (a couple)	Contentarse, reconciliarse
Verb	To make up (an invention, lie)	inventar
Verb	To take a bus, a taxi, the subway, etc	Tomar un autobus, un taxi, el metro, etc