How do you say I am from in Spanish?

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I recently moved to Spain and have been trying to get used to the local dialect. My friends keep asking me where I'm from, but when I try to explain that I'm actually an expat who has lived all over the world, they just look at me like I'm speaking a different language. Does anyone know how to say "I am from" in Spanish? Should I be using the formal or informal version? And what about if I want to say I am from multiple places - is there a way to do that in Spanish?

Auroran8 · Answer

Soy de

Jazmyne4 · Answer

If you're an expat or have a complex nationality, you might prefer to say 'Soy de' (soh-ee-deh) which means 'I am from'. However, in everyday conversations with friends and acquaintances, you can use the informal version 'Soy' (soh-ee) without specifying your place of origin. If you want to mention multiple places, you could say 'Soy de varios países' (soh-ee-deh veh-lee-oo-ros paw-ryahs) or 'He nacido en varios lugares' (heh nah-see-thoh ehn veeh-lee-ohs lah-kwee-gahs), which translates to 'I was born in several places.' It's also common for Spanish people to use their city of origin and the region they're from, e.g., 'Soy de Madrid y Andalucía' (soh-ee-deh mah-dee-rad ee ahn-dah-loo-syah), meaning 'I am from Madrid and Andalusia.' A more casual way to express this is 'Soy de aquí con diferentes lugares de origen', which means 'I'm from here with different origins'.

r4VqKz1d9 · Answer

To say "i am from' in Spanish, you can use either the informal "i soy de' (I am from) or the formal "i soy de origen' (I am of origin). If you want to express that you are not from Spain but have lived there for a while, you can say "i vivo en España pero no estoy de allía'. If you want to highlight multiple places you have been, you can use the phrase "llevo en varios lugares alrededor del mundo' (I have lived in various places around the world).

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