Spanish (castellano)
Spanish (es, spa) is a world language. Wikidata records about 485M speakers. It is written in Latin script. It is an official language in 21 countries, including Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.
Decide early between European and Latin American Spanish (vosotros, vocabulary, spelling of loanwords). Formal usted vs informal tú affects tone throughout, and gender agreement makes UI strings with variables tricky.
Expect text translated from English into Spanish to grow by roughly 15–30%, which matters for layouts, subtitles and page counts.
In the United States, 42,869,908 people aged 5+ speak Spanish at home (Census ACS), and 17,218,782 of them (40%) speak English less than "very well" — a key indicator of demand for Spanish translators and interpreters.
Translation guides
Where Spanish is official
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Spain
- United States
- Venezuela
Rates for Spanish translation
Spanish falls in our major western european band: roughly $0.08–$0.16 per word for general commercial work. These are indicative ranges, not quotes — specialised, certified and rush work costs more, and literary translation is usually priced per 1,000 words.
For context, the median salaried translator or interpreter in the US earned $60,170 in May 2025 (BLS). See salaries by state →
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