If you are beginner student of the Spanish language, here’s a Beginner’s Spanish Mistake To Avoid in Spanish. Intermediate and advanced students of Spanish are well aware of this mistake — well, at least the ones who have studied with Learning Spanish Like Crazy. Here’s the Beginner’s Spanish Mistake To Avoid:
Beginner’s Spanish Mistake To Avoid in Spanish
Saying “no problema” or “no problemo.” “No problema” and “no problemo” are NOT how you say “there isn’t a problem” or “there’s no problem.”
This is perhaps the most common error that English speakers make with conversational Spanish when they are new to the language.
When I hear someone in Colombia say “no problema,” without even paying attention to the person’s accent, I know right away that the person is a Gringo or other non-native Spanish speaker. On second thought, I do have a Colombian friend named Juan who always says “no problema.”
He says “no problema” whenever he wants to “bularse” (make fun of) Americans.
How To Say No Problem in Spanish
In English, we are accustomed to saying the phrase “no problem.” We completely overlook the fact that the phrase “no problem” lacks a verb. But Spanish speakers include a verb and say “no hay problema.”
- No hay problema.
- No problem.
(Literally, “there isn’t a problem.”)
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