Although English is widely spoken on Mallorca, especially in the resort and tourist areas, it is always appreciated when visitors try to communicate in the local language. There are several different official languages in use in the different regions of Spain. The language we know as Spanish, called Castellano in Mallorca, is commonly used, although the true language of the island is Mallorquin, which is similar to Catalan. To keep things simple, we’ve provided the Castellano version of some useful words and expressions below:
| English | Spanish (Castellano) | Pronounced |
| Hello | Hola | ola |
| Good morning | Buenos días | bwenos deeas |
| Good afternoon | Buenas tardes | bwenas tardes |
| Good evening | Buenas noches | bwenas noches |
| Pleased to meet you | Encantado/a | enkantado/ a |
| How are you? | ¿Como está? | komo esta |
| Fine, thank you | Bien, gracias | bee-en gratheeass |
| And you? | ¿Y usted? | ee oosted |
| Goodby | ¡Adios! | add-ee-oss |
| See you later | Hasta luego | asta loo-ay-go |
| Until we meet again | Hasta la vista | asta la veesta |
| Please | Por favor | por fabor |
| Don’t mention it | De nada | day nahdah |
| Thank you (very much) | (Muchas) Gracias | (moochass) gratheeass |
| Yes | Si | see |
| No | No | no |
| OK | Vale | bahlay |
