diff --git a/dateparser/languages/locale.py b/dateparser/languages/locale.py
index a64c7e79b..e3b43b6be 100644
--- a/dateparser/languages/locale.py
+++ b/dateparser/languages/locale.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def _sentence_split(self, string, settings):
 
         splitters_dict = {1: r'[\.!?;…\r\n]+(?:\s|$)*',  # most European, Tagalog, Hebrew, Georgian,
                           # Indonesian, Vietnamese
-                          2: r'(?:[¡¿]+|[\.!?;…\r\n]+(?:\s|$))+',  # Spanish
+                          2: r'[\.!?;…\r\n]+(\s*[¡¿]*|$)|[¡¿]+',  # Spanish
                           3: r'[|!?;\r\n]+(?:\s|$)+',  # Hindi and Bangla
                           4: r'[。…‥\.!?？！;\r\n]+(?:\s|$)+',  # Japanese and Chinese
                           5: r'[\r\n]+',  # Thai
@@ -275,9 +275,7 @@ def _sentence_split(self, string, settings):
             split_reg = abbreviation_string + splitters_dict[self.info['sentence_splitter_group']]
             sentences = re.split(split_reg, string)
 
-        for i in sentences:
-            if not i:
-                sentences.remove(i)
+        sentences = filter(None, sentences)
         return sentences
 
     def _simplify_split_align(self, original, settings):
diff --git a/tests/test_search.py b/tests/test_search.py
index 05ab054b5..b292fab78 100644
--- a/tests/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_search.py
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@ def test_search_date_string(self, shortname, datetime_string):
                ('de 1941', datetime.datetime(1941, 1, 1, 0, 0))],
               settings={'RELATIVE_BASE': datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1)}),
 
+        param('es', '¡¡Ay!! En Madrid, a 17 de marzo de 1615. ¿Vos bueno?',
+              [('a 17 de marzo de 1615', datetime.datetime(1615, 3, 17, 0, 0))],
+              settings={'RELATIVE_BASE': datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1)}),
+
         # Swedish
         param('sv', 'Efter kommunisternas seger 1922 drog de allierade och Japan bort sina trupper.',
               [('1922', datetime.datetime(1922, 1, 1, 0, 0))],
@@ -657,6 +661,7 @@ def test_splitting_of_not_parsed(self, shortname, string, expected, settings=Non
 
         # Spanish
         param('es', '11 junio 2010'),
+        param('es', '¡¡Ay!! En Madrid, a 17 de marzo de 1615. ¿Vos bueno?'),
 
         # Swedish
         param('sv', ' den 15 augusti 1945 då Kejsardömet'),