Bilingual Wedding Invitation Wording: Complete English-Spanish Examples and Layouts

At a Glance

• Six complete English–Spanish invitation pairs: modern couple-hosted, formal parents-hosting, casual backyard, two-venue, reception-only, and a small named-guest ceremony and dinner
• A selector table pointing you to the pair closest to your wedding
• A bilingual RSVP phrase bank for accepting, declining, naming guests, deadlines, and meal choices
• Stacked and parallel-column layouts shown as wireframes, and how each behaves on a phone screen
• A proofreading checklist for accents, date and time equivalence, guest scope, and the reply link
• What Greenvelope’s documented language settings cover, checked October 22, 2026

A bilingual invitation works when every guest, in either language, comes away with the same facts. Greenvelope cards hold both languages in the same editable text areas. Each pair below is complete, with bracketed placeholders for your details; replace the sample dates, times, dress codes, and logistics lines too, and keep the transportation note only if it is true. The [rsvp link] placeholder is optional, since guests reply directly from a Greenvelope invitation; write the link out when the card will also circulate in print or as an image, or when replies are collected on a wedding website.

The Spanish follows broadly Latin American usage: ustedes for a group, usted for a single named guest, and vocabulary like pastel and parrillada. Region, formality, and family preference all shape these choices; in much of Spain, for example, vosotros serves as the familiar plural and ustedes as the formal one (see the Real Academia Española’s guidance on usted and ustedes). Pick the register your guests use and keep it consistent inside each card.

Which Bilingual Pair Fits Your Wedding

Six Bilingual Wedding Invitation Wording Examples

1. Modern Wedding, the Couple Hosting

No host line, no honorifics, one venue carrying the whole evening. The Spanish addresses a household, so every verb stays plural.

English

[Full name of partner one]
and
[Full name of partner two]
invite you to celebrate their wedding
Saturday, the fifteenth of May, two thousand twenty-seven
at half past four in the afternoon
[Venue name]
[Street address], [City], [State]
Dinner and dancing to follow
Cocktail attire
Kindly reply by Friday, April 9, 2027 at [rsvp link]

Español

[Nombre completo de la primera persona]
y
[Nombre completo de la segunda persona]
les invitan a celebrar su boda
sábado, quince de mayo de dos mil veintisiete
a las cuatro y media de la tarde
[Nombre del lugar]
[Dirección], [Ciudad], [Estado]
Cena y baile a continuación
Vestimenta de cóctel
Favor de responder a más tardar el viernes 9 de abril de 2027 en [enlace de confirmación]

2. Formal Wedding Hosted by Parents

When two sets of parents host, the card has to separate who is hosting from who is marrying. Naming the parents first and the couple as their children removes the ambiguity in both languages. Dress-code labels travel unevenly: etiqueta rigurosa is a common Latin American rendering of black tie, and many Spanish-language invitations simply keep the English term, so use whichever your guests will recognize.

English

[Full names of partner one’s parents]
and
[Full names of partner two’s parents]
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their children
[Full name of partner one]
to
[Full name of partner two]
Saturday, the second of October, two thousand twenty-seven
at five o’clock in the evening
[Ceremony venue name]
[Street address], [City], [State]
Reception to follow at [reception venue name], [Street address]
Black tie
The favour of a reply is requested by Friday, September 3, 2027 at [rsvp link]

Español

[Nombres completos de los padres de la primera persona]
y
[Nombres completos de los padres de la segunda persona]
tienen el honor de invitarle al matrimonio de sus hijos
[Nombre completo de la primera persona]
y
[Nombre completo de la segunda persona]
sábado, dos de octubre de dos mil veintisiete
a las cinco de la tarde
[Nombre del lugar de la ceremonia]
[Dirección], [Ciudad], [Estado]
Recepción a continuación en [nombre del lugar de la recepción], [dirección]
Etiqueta rigurosa
Se agradece su respuesta a más tardar el viernes 3 de septiembre de 2027 en [enlace de confirmación]

3. Casual Backyard Ceremony and Celebration

Short lines, first names, and a practical note about the ground. Both versions skip the formal request line entirely and get straight to the plan.

English

We’re getting married in the backyard
[First name] and [First name]
Sunday, June 20, 2027
at noon
[Street address], [City], [State]
Lawn games, barbecue, and cake all afternoon
Come comfortable; the ceremony is on grass
Let us know by Sunday, May 16, 2027 at [rsvp link]

Español

Nos casamos en el jardín de casa
[Nombre] y [Nombre]
domingo 20 de junio de 2027
al mediodía
[Dirección], [Ciudad], [Estado]
Juegos, parrillada y pastel toda la tarde
Vengan cómodos; la ceremonia es sobre el césped
Avísennos a más tardar el domingo 16 de mayo de 2027 en [enlace de confirmación]

4. Ceremony and Reception at Different Venues

Two addresses and two times, stated once in each language. If guests get themselves between the venues, say so on the card rather than leaving it to the details page.

English

[Full name of partner one] and [Full name of partner two]
invite you to their wedding
Saturday, November 13, 2027
Ceremony at three o’clock in the afternoon
[Ceremony venue], [Street address], [City], [State]
Reception at six o’clock in the evening
[Reception venue], [Street address], [City], [State]
Transportation between the two venues is not provided
Garden party attire
Please reply by Friday, October 15, 2027 at [rsvp link]

Español

[Nombre completo de la primera persona] y [Nombre completo de la segunda persona]
les invitan a su boda
sábado 13 de noviembre de 2027
Ceremonia a las tres de la tarde
[Lugar de la ceremonia], [Dirección], [Ciudad], [Estado]
Recepción a las seis de la tarde
[Lugar de la recepción], [Dirección], [Ciudad], [Estado]
No se ofrece transporte entre los dos lugares
Vestimenta elegante, apropiada para exteriores
Favor de responder a más tardar el viernes 15 de octubre de 2027 en [enlace de confirmación]

5. Reception Only, Following a Private Ceremony

The risk here is a softened translation that reads as an invitation to the wedding itself, so both versions state plainly that no ceremony takes place that evening. The wording below assumes the ceremony has already happened; if the invitations go out beforehand, shift both verbs to the future: “will be married in a private ceremony on [date]” and se casarán en una ceremonia privada el [fecha].

English

[Full name of partner one] and [Full name of partner two]
were married in a private ceremony on [date of the ceremony]
and invite you to a reception celebrating their marriage
Saturday, January 8, 2028
at seven o’clock in the evening
[Venue name], [Street address], [City], [State]
Dinner, toasts, and dancing
This invitation is to the reception; there is no ceremony that evening
Festive attire
Please reply by Friday, December 3, 2027 at [rsvp link]

Español

[Nombre completo de la primera persona] y [Nombre completo de la segunda persona]
se casaron en una ceremonia privada el [fecha de la ceremonia]
y les invitan a una recepción para celebrar su matrimonio
sábado 8 de enero de 2028
a las siete de la tarde
[Nombre del lugar], [Dirección], [Ciudad], [Estado]
Cena, brindis y baile
Esta invitación es para la recepción; esa noche no habrá ceremonia
Vestimenta de fiesta
Favor de responder a más tardar el viernes 3 de diciembre de 2027 en [enlace de confirmación]

6. Small Ceremony and Dinner With Named Guests

When the seat count is fixed, the card names its guests, and warmth does most of the work: the invitation celebrates that these two people are wanted there, and the reservation line simply makes the boundary clear. Keep that line identical in meaning in both languages, because a version that states the limit plainly in English and only implies it in Spanish leaves half the list unsure who may come.

English

[Full name of partner one] and [Full name of partner two]
will marry in an intimate ceremony, followed by dinner
and would be delighted to have [Guest full name] and [Second guest full name] with them
Friday, December 10, 2027
Ceremony at five o’clock in the evening, dinner at half past six in the evening
[Venue name], [Street address], [City], [State]
So that the evening stays small, this invitation is reserved for the two guests named above
Semi-formal attire
Please reply by Friday, November 12, 2027 at [rsvp link]

Español

[Nombre completo de la primera persona] y [Nombre completo de la segunda persona]
se casarán en una ceremonia íntima, seguida de una cena
y les hará mucha ilusión contar con [nombre completo del invitado] y [nombre completo del segundo invitado]
viernes 10 de diciembre de 2027
Ceremonia a las cinco de la tarde, cena a las seis y media de la tarde
[Nombre del lugar], [Dirección], [Ciudad], [Estado]
Para que la velada sea íntima, esta invitación está reservada para las dos personas nombradas arriba
Vestimenta semiformal
Les agradeceremos su respuesta a más tardar el viernes 12 de noviembre de 2027 en [enlace de confirmación]

Equivalent Meaning, Not Word-for-Word Translation

Each language has its own stock wedding phrases, and a good bilingual card uses both sets rather than forcing one through the other. “Request the honour of your presence” has a natural counterpart in tienen el honor de invitarle, which carries the same formality without being a literal rendering. The test is not whether the words line up, but whether a guest reading only one version arrives at the right place, at the right time, knowing what they were invited to.

Facts and scope are different: those match exactly. Write month names out rather than using numerals, since 6/5/2027 reads as June 5 to an American guest and May 6 to most others. Check that the two time expressions point at the same moment; half past four in the afternoon and las cuatro y media de la tarde agree, while las cuatro y media alone does not say which half of the day. And never let an attendance limit, guest allowance, or deadline relax in one language. A card whose English reserves the invitation for the guests named on it, while its Spanish merely hints at limited space, creates a seating problem, not a wording problem.

Bilingual RSVP Phrase Bank

These are wording examples for your card, details page, and reply instructions, not a claim that every interface label can be edited; the last section covers what the product controls. Host lines here address guests as a group (ustedes); writing to one guest, use the singular (avísenos rather than avísennos), while favor de responder stays the same either way. Reply lines are in the guest’s voice, shown singular and plural.

Two Layouts: Stacked Blocks and Parallel Columns

Stacked blocks run one complete language after the other. Parallel columns put each line beside its counterpart. Here is example 1 in both, shortened to its first lines. These are text sketches of the arrangement, not the card itself; your invitation’s actual type, line breaks, and spacing come from the design you edit.

Stacked full-language blocks

[Full name of partner one]
and
[Full name of partner two]
invite you to celebrate their wedding
Saturday, the fifteenth of May, two thousand twenty-seven
at half past four in the afternoon

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[Nombre completo de la primera persona]
y
[Nombre completo de la segunda persona]
les invitan a celebrar su boda
sábado, quince de mayo de dos mil veintisiete
a las cuatro y media de la tarde

Parallel columns

[Full name of partner one]        |  [Nombre completo de la primera persona]
and                              |  y
[Full name of partner two]       |  [Nombre completo de la segunda persona]
invite you to celebrate          |  les invitan a celebrar
their wedding                    |  su boda
Saturday, the fifteenth of May   |  sábado, quince de mayo
at half past four in the         |  a las cuatro y media
afternoon                        |  de la tarde

Columns look balanced on a desktop screen and in print, and let a guest check one language against the other. They can also be the harder layout on a phone: Spanish wedding phrasing often runs longer than its English counterpart, so lines wrap unevenly, and depending on the design, the length of the text, and the guest’s screen, a two-column block can become cramped or hard to read at phone width. Stacked blocks generally hold up better, since each language reads top to bottom at full width, though an invitation is still a fixed design: run both languages long enough and even a stacked card shrinks its type or crowds the artwork. If most guests will open the invitation on a phone, stack the blocks and separate them with a divider, a rule, or a change of color. If you want columns, build them deliberately in the design and preview at phone width before sending, rather than assuming the text will rearrange itself.

Proofreading Checklist Before You Send

• Names and accents. Spell every name identically in both versions and check accented characters and the ñ in the font you have actually chosen, not in your editing window
• Date equivalence. Month names written out in both languages, same weekday, same year; confirm the weekday really falls on that date
• Time equivalence. Both expressions point at the same moment, with the part of day stated in Spanish
• Venues and addresses. Every address that appears in one version appears in the other, including the reception venue
• Invitation scope. Guest allowances, named guests, adults-only notes, and reception-only wording say the same thing with the same firmness in both
• Deadline. One reply-by date, identical in both versions
• Links. Open the reply link and any website link from the preview and confirm they land where you expect
• Real preview. Send yourself a test and read the card on a phone at normal size, checking line breaks, accents, and clipped text

Then ask a fluent speaker familiar with your guests to check the final wording, regional vocabulary, and tone.

Language Settings on Greenvelope

Three layers carry language, set separately. Card wording is whatever you type into the design, so a bilingual card is bilingual because you wrote both versions into it. The text surrounding the invitation and RSVP page, such as buttons and navigation, comes from the event language setting under Details, then Information, then Advanced Options, then Language Settings; English, Spanish, German, French, and Dutch are supported, per the Change Event Language help article (checked October 22, 2026). To make that surrounding text read differently, including writing both languages into one label yourself, the Create Custom Languages article covers building a language template in your account settings; fields left blank keep the standard text, and the template applies to one event or to your account by default.

Worth doing before the send: enter both language versions into the card yourself, select the event language, customize any labels you want worded differently with a custom language template, and preview the guest experience with a test send in each channel you plan to use. You can also add your own message to the top of the card email, per the Top of Email Message help article, and that message is a natural place to greet guests in both languages. For the reply side generally, see the online RSVP guide.

Related Resources

• Wedding invitation wording, for host-line etiquette, family situations, and the full range of English wording styles
• The online RSVP guide, for deadlines, reminders, and custom questions
• When to send wedding invitations and save the dates, for the timing a bilingual card should be built around
• Wedding invitation designs, for cards with room for two languages

Frequently Asked Questions

What is bilingual wedding invitation wording?

Bilingual wedding invitation wording presents the invitation in two languages on one card; this guide covers English and Spanish pairs, and Greenvelope cards hold both versions in the same editable text areas. Whether the languages sit stacked or side by side, every essential fact appears in both: hosts, occasion, date, time, venue and reception details, attire, the reply deadline, and who is invited.

Should English or Spanish go first on a bilingual wedding invitation?

Lead with the language most of your guests read first, or with the family whose traditions the ceremony follows; no etiquette rule fixes the order. What matters more is giving the second language the same completeness and visual weight rather than setting it smaller or treating it as a footnote.

Do both languages need to contain the same information?

Yes for anything factual: hosts, date, time, venues, attire, the reply deadline, and who is invited. Phrasing follows each language's own conventions rather than matching word for word, but a guest reading only one version should never end up with a different date, venue, or understanding of whether they may bring someone.

How do you write the date on a bilingual wedding invitation?

Write the month out in both languages instead of using numerals, since 6/5/2027 means June 5 to some guests and May 6 to others. Spanish does not capitalize days or months. Check the times too, stating the part of day in Spanish so both versions point at the same moment.

Can you send a wedding invitation in Spanish with Greenvelope?

Card wording is yours to type, in any language. Separately, an event language setting controls the text surrounding the invitation and RSVP page, with English, Spanish, German, French, and Dutch supported, and a custom language template lets you rewrite those labels yourself. Write both language versions into the card, and preview with a test send to confirm what guests will see.