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Translate Spanish to English Audio

Upload a Spanish recording up to 10 minutes, read what was said in Spanish, fix any names or figures, then press Translate for the English. Free with a ParrotNotes account.

Drop your audio or video file here or click to browse

Supports MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, WEBM, MP4 up to 10 minutes

    Step 2 appears here once the transcript is ready: pick a language and press Translate.

    This page translates a saved file. To speak Spanish and hear the English right away, use the Spanish to English Voice Translator. To capture a conversation first, get consent and record it with the Online Voice Recorder or your phone.

    The recording is uploaded for transcription and deleted once the transcript is done; the transcript is saved to your ParrotNotes account. The translation is made on ParrotNotes' server when you press Translate, is not stored there, and only a count of characters is kept for your monthly allowance.

    How it works

    Spanish recordings go wrong on numbers and names more than on grammar, so the transcript comes first.

    1. 1

      Upload the Spanish audio

      MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4 or WebM, up to 10 minutes and 100 MB. The language picker is already set to Spanish. Sign in with your free account when asked and start the transcription.

    2. 2

      Check the Spanish words

      Read the transcript against the audio for names, prices, addresses and dates. Correct anything misheard in the box, because the English is made from this text, not from the sound.

    3. 3

      Get the English

      Press Translate. English words the speaker mixed in stay as they are, numbers stay as written, and a short note explains any saying that does not carry over word for word. Copy it, or press Read aloud.

    Where spoken Spanish trips up a translation

    Most of these are fixed in seconds once you know to look for them.

    • The subject is often left out

      "Llegó tarde" can be he, she or you (formal) arrived late, because Spanish drops the pronoun and the verb ending is the same. English has to pick one. If the recording does not make it clear, check the English pronoun before you act on it.

    • Decimal commas and big numbers

      Many Spanish speakers write 1.500 for one thousand five hundred and 2,5 for two and a half, the reverse of English. Mil millones is a billion, and un billón is a trillion. Figures are kept as written, so read every price and quantity twice.

    • Dates come day first

      "El 3/4" is the 3rd of April, not March 4. Spoken dates are usually clear ("el tres de abril"), but a date read out as numbers can flip. Say it back in words in your reply if anything depends on it.

    • Words that look like English but are not

      Actualmente means currently, not actually. Realizar usually means to carry out, not to realize. Embarazada means pregnant. Carpeta is a folder. The translator handles these in context, but they are the first place to look if a sentence reads oddly.

    • Mexico, Spain and Spanish mixed with English

      There is one Spanish setting for every accent. Vocabulary shifts by country (carro or coche for car, celular or móvil for phone), and in Mexico ahorita can mean right now or in a while. Recordings that switch between Spanish and English mid-sentence are common in the United States; check the switch points in the transcript.

    Only need the Spanish text? Use Spanish Audio to Text. Replying in Spanish? Try the English to Spanish Voice Translator.

    Spanish recordings people bring here

    Usually something with a date, a price or an address in it.

    • A voicemail from a customer

      A homeowner or a client leaves a message in Spanish about a job, a delivery or a booking. Get the address, the time and the callback number right before you return the call.

    • A call with a crew or a subcontractor

      A site update recorded with everyone's consent: what was finished, what is missing and when the next visit is. Read the quantities and measurements against the audio.

    • A supplier or distributor in Mexico or Spain

      Prices, lead times and order numbers. Watch the decimal comma, and confirm totals in writing in your reply.

    • A voice note saved from a chat

      Export or save the voice message as a file first. Chat apps often save voice notes as .opus, which this page does not take; convert it with the OPUS to MP3 converter, then upload the MP3.

    • A class, a sermon or a talk

      Upload one 10-minute part at a time and keep the Spanish and the English side by side to study. Ask before recording if the speaker or the venue has rules about it.

    Read our guides to translating audio to English and Google Translate's conversation mode.

    Spanish-speaking customers every week?

    Uploading suits the odd file. The ParrotNotes app records the whole visit or call on your phone and gives you a summary with action items. The Pro plan transcribes 99+ languages, including Spanish mixed with English in one conversation; the free plan has 100 minutes of recording a month and no multilingual transcription.

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