diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
index 7fb33cea2..99877a1af 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/containers/ModerationQueue/components/Comment.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import BanUserButton from 'coral-admin/src/components/BanUserButton';
 
 const linkify = new Linkify();
 
-import {t, timeago} from 'coral-i18n/services/i18n';
+import {t, timeAgo} from 'coral-i18n/services/i18n';
 
 const Comment = ({
   actions = [],
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ const Comment = ({
               {comment.user.name}
             </span>
             <span className={styles.created}>
-              {timeago(comment.created_at || Date.now() - props.index * 60 * 1000)}
+              {timeAgo(comment.created_at || Date.now() - props.index * 60 * 1000)}
             </span>
             <BanUserButton
               user={comment.user}
diff --git a/client/coral-configure/containers/ConfigureStreamContainer.js b/client/coral-configure/containers/ConfigureStreamContainer.js
index e29345de6..5cac89580 100644
--- a/client/coral-configure/containers/ConfigureStreamContainer.js
+++ b/client/coral-configure/containers/ConfigureStreamContainer.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {updateOpenStatus, updateConfiguration} from 'coral-framework/actions/ass
 import CloseCommentsInfo from '../components/CloseCommentsInfo';
 import ConfigureCommentStream from '../components/ConfigureCommentStream';
 
-import {t, timeago} from 'coral-i18n/services/i18n';
+import {t, timeAgo} from 'coral-i18n/services/i18n';
 
 class ConfigureStreamContainer extends Component {
   constructor (props) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class ConfigureStreamContainer extends Component {
     const {closedTimeout} = this.props.asset.settings;
     const {created_at} = this.props.asset;
 
-    return timeago(new Date(created_at).getTime() + (1000 * closedTimeout));
+    return timeAgo(new Date(created_at).getTime() + (1000 * closedTimeout));
   }
 
   render () {
diff --git a/client/coral-i18n/services/i18n.js b/client/coral-i18n/services/i18n.js
index 61c5ed9cc..d6aa8adbf 100644
--- a/client/coral-i18n/services/i18n.js
+++ b/client/coral-i18n/services/i18n.js
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
+const time = require('timeago.js');
 const has = require('lodash/has');
 const get = require('lodash/get');
 
+const esTA = require('../../../node_modules/timeago.js/locales/es');
+
 const defaultLanguage = 'en';
 
 let translations = {};
 
+// Add es timeago locale for the timeago registration.
+time.register('es', esTA);
+let timeagoInstance = time();
+
 const fetchTranslations = (locale) => {
   translations = require(`json-loader!yaml-loader!../locales/${locale}.yml`)[locale];
 };
@@ -24,8 +31,11 @@ export const loadTranslations = (translations) => {
     const locale = getLocale();
     setLocale(locale);
 
+    // If we have a translations file, let's use that one.
+    // Otherwise get the core translations.
     if (translations !== undefined) {
       translations = translations[locale];
+      return translations;
     }
 
     return fetchTranslations(locale);
@@ -36,7 +46,9 @@ export const loadTranslations = (translations) => {
   }
 };
 
-export const timeago = (date) => timeago().format(date, getLocale().replace('-', '_'));
+export const timeago = (time) => {
+  return timeagoInstance.format(new Date(time), getLocale());
+};
 
 /**
  * Expose the translation function
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-best/BestButton.js b/client/coral-plugin-best/BestButton.js
index 2a433cfce..629d7d05f 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-best/BestButton.js
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-best/BestButton.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export class BestButton extends Component {
       <button onClick={isBest ? this.onClickRemoveBest : this.onClickAddBest}
               disabled={disabled}
               className={classnames(`${name}-button`, `e2e__${isBest ? 'unset' : 'set'}-best-comment`)}
-              aria-label={t(isBest ? 'unsetBest' : 'setBest')}>
+              aria-label={t(isBest ? 'unset_best' : 'set_best')}>
         <Icon name={ isBest ? 'star' : 'star_border' } />
       </button>
     );
diff --git a/client/coral-plugin-pubdate/PubDate.js b/client/coral-plugin-pubdate/PubDate.js
index b81030fec..0445076e3 100644
--- a/client/coral-plugin-pubdate/PubDate.js
+++ b/client/coral-plugin-pubdate/PubDate.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import timeago from 'coral-i18n/services/i18n';
+import {timeago} from 'coral-i18n/services/i18n';
 
 const name = 'coral-plugin-pubdate';
 
diff --git a/plugins/coral-plugin-respect/client/translations.json b/plugins/coral-plugin-respect/client/translations.json
index 643f32ccf..a74e04b3f 100644
--- a/plugins/coral-plugin-respect/client/translations.json
+++ b/plugins/coral-plugin-respect/client/translations.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "respected": "Respected"
   },
   "es": {
-    "respect": "Respeto",
+    "respect": "Respetar",
     "respected": "Respetado"
   }
 }