English–Spanish

“experience” in Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA/ekspeˈɾjenθja/

Example

Tengo mucha experiencia en este campo.

I have a lot of experience in this field.

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How to say “experience” in Spanish

“Experience” in Spanish is experiencia.

Practical skill and knowledge acquired by doing and by lived events.

Full entry for experiencia: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with experiencia

Estudiar idiomas me dio mucha experiencia práctica.

Studying languages gave me plenty of practical experience.

Tips for using experiencia

  • Although English often counts 'experiences', Spanish usually uses experiencia in the singular for overall competence, so say mucha experiencia rather than muchas experiencias for broad expertise.

Other Spanish words for “experience”

¿Qué vivencia tuviste en el viaje?

What kind of experience did you have on the trip?

En el viaje, experimenté muchas cosas nuevas.

I experienced many new things on the trip.

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