Spanish words that change meaning depending on tone 🎵🗣️ When learning Spanish, vocabulary and grammar are important… but tone of voice can completely change what a word means. 1. Vale Literally: Okay 😊 Friendly / natural tone → Okay, sounds good 😒 Flat or sharp tone → Yeah… whatever 😠 Strong tone → Fine. End of discussion. 2. Ya Literally: Already 😊 Soft tone → I understand 😤 Repeated quickly → Okay, okay, I get it! 😠 Sharp tone → Stop talking 3. Ahora Literally: Now 😌 Calm tone → Soon / in a moment 😠 Strong tone → Right now This is why “ahora” doesn’t always mean now now 😉