¿vale? venga. ¡vamos!
Vale. Venga. Vamos. My roommate and I half-kidded throughout the semester that all you need to know in Spanish are these 3 words. But we were also kind of serious because you use and hear these 3 words all. the. time. But the real question is, what do they mean? Dancing at Feria de Abril (April Fair) Vale - everything affirmative, such as, okay, gotcha, mhmm, sure, etc. Usually used twice, so you would say, "vale, vale" if you wanted to sound more authentically Spanish. Once I figured out what it meant I used it every day and I said "vale" to numerous things over the course of the semester. Whether it was trying new foods like morcilla (blood sausage), octopus with visible suckers, clams still in their shells, whole shrimp--shell and all, and lastly, snails! I said "vale" to traveling around Europe, making mistakes and learning from them, and having the opportunity to explore some of the most amazing European cities like Zurich, London, and Amster