Spanish → English Translation
Spanish to English translation on macOS - works with any Spanish dialect, produces natural English instantly.
How It Works
Select your text
Highlight the text you want to translate in any application - email, a document, a browser tab, or a chat window.
Press the shortcut
Hit your configured Echoo keyboard shortcut. Nothing is copied to the clipboard and no window opens.
AI translates
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite recognises which Spanish variant it is reading, so Argentine vos and Peninsular vosotros both resolve to natural English.
Result appears inline
The English replaces your selection with Spanish sentence length compressed rather than transplanted.
Example Translation
Spanish (Original)
Estimado cliente, le informamos que su pedido ha sido enviado y llegará en un plazo de 3 a 5 días hábiles.
English (Translated)
Dear customer, we would like to inform you that your order has been shipped and will arrive within 3 to 5 business days.
Translating Spanish to English
Spanish sentences are longer than English ones and joined with commas where English would start a new sentence. Translated literally, the result is a run-on that reads as breathless - so the real work is deciding where to break. Spanish also drops subject pronouns, since the verb ending carries the person, which means English has to reinstate a subject that was never written and occasionally has to infer who it was. Formality vanishes on the way in: usted and tú both become you, and the deference the original carried is simply gone unless the surrounding wording restores it. Regional vocabulary is the other trap, with ordinary words in one country carrying very different force in another.
Recommended Setup
Best model for this pair
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite handles Spanish to English best in our testing. Any provider you have configured will work - this is the one to pick if you have a choice.
Voice dictation
Dictation is supported for Spanish, so you can speak instead of typing and have the result translated in the same step.
Tips for Better Translations
Echoo understands all major Spanish dialects - Mexican, Argentine, Castilian, Colombian, and more - without needing configuration.
Idiomatic Spanish expressions are translated to natural English equivalents rather than literal translations.
The AI recognizes formal "usted" vs informal "tú" context and adjusts the English tone accordingly.
For American English vs British English output, specify your preference in the Echoo command settings.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Echoo handles all major Spanish dialects automatically - including Mexican, Argentine, Colombian, Castilian, and others - without needing any special configuration.
Yes. The AI translates idiomatic expressions into natural English equivalents rather than producing awkward literal translations.
Yes. Configure your command to specify American English, British English, or Australian English as the target.
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