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 Asking for directions - Preguntado direcciones


¿Dónde está...?
¿Dónde están...?
¿Dónde puedo encontrar un/una...?
¿Está lejos? 
¿Está cerca?
¿A qué distancia está el/la...?
Estoy buscando ...
¿Hay por aquí...?
¿Cómo puedo llegar a...?
Estoy perdido/a
Estamos perdidos/as
¿Puede repetir, por favor?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
¿Cómo...?
Toma/Tome...
Sigue/Siga...
Cruza/Cruce...
Gira/Gire...

Vuelva/Vuelve...
Para/Pare...
Where is...?
Where are...?
Where can I find a (an)...?
Is it far?
Is it near?
How far is the...?
I am looking for...
Is there... nearby?
How do I get to...?
I am lost (masculine/feminine)
We are lost (masculine/feminine)
Could you please repeat that?
Could you please speak slower?
Sorry?
Take (formal/informal)
Follow (formal/informal)
Cross (formal/informal)
Turn (formal/informal)

Go back (formal/informal)
Stop (formal/informal)

Turista.- Perdone/Perdona. Estoy buscando el Hotel Plaza.
Tourist.- Excuse me (formal)/Sorry (informal). I am looking for the Hotel Plaza.


Ciudadano.- Sí, está muy cerca. Siga todo recto y gire en la segunda calle a la derecha.
Local.- Yes, it's very close. Keep walking straight and turn right on the second street.


Turista.- Muchas gracias.
Tourist.- Thank you very much.

Turista.- Hola. Perdone. ¿Sabe dónde hay un cajero?
Tourist.- Hello. Excuse me. Do you know where there is an ATM?

Ciudadano.- Sí, tiene que cruzar esta calle y seguir todo recto unos 100 metros. 

El cajero está  al lado de la oficina de correos.
Local.- Yes, you have to cross this street and keep straight about 100 meters.

The ATM is next to the Post office.

Turista.- Gracias.
Tourist.- Thank you.

Turista.- Perdone, una pregunta.
Tourist.- Excuse me, I have a question.

Ciudadano.- Dígame. 
Local.- Tell me.

Turista.- Creo que me he perdido.
Tourist.- I think I am lost.

Ciudadano.- ¿Adónde quiere ir? 
Local.- Where do you want to go?

Turista.- Necesito volver a mi hotel. Está en la calle Paz.
Tourist.- I need go back to my hotel. It is on Paz street.

Ciudadano.- No está lejos. Tome la siguiente calle a la izquierda y siga hasta el final. 
Allí gire a la derecha. Esa es la calle Paz. 

Local.- It's not far. Take the next street on the left and go until the end. 
Turn to the right. That is Paz street.

Useful words and verbs - Palabras y verbos útiles

 cruzar
 girar
 seguir
 tomar
 a la derecha
 a la izquierda
 todo recto
 todo derecho
 lejos de
 cerca de
 enfrente de
 al lado de
 detrás de
 delante de
 la acera
 to cross
 to turn
 to go along
 to take
 to the right
 to the left
 straight ahead
 straight ahead
 far from
 close to
 in front of
 next to
 behind
 in front  
 sidewalk

 la avenida
 la autopista
 la autovía
 la calle
 el callejón
 el camino
 la carretera
 el carril
 el cruce
 la esquina
 el mapa
 el paso de cebra
 el plano
 la rotonda
 el semáforo
 dar la vuelta
 avenue
 highway
 divided highway
 street
 narrow street
 way
 road
 lane
 crossroads
 corner
 map
 crosswalk
 street plan
 roundabout
 traffic light
 turn around


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  • Home
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  • Spanish in Spain
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    • Asking for directions
  • Basics
    • Alphabet
    • Spelling
    • Accentuation
    • Spanish sounds
    • False friends
    • Polysemic Words
    • Varieties of Spanish
  • Grammar
    • Articles
    • Nouns >
      • Gender >
        • Masculine
        • Feminine
      • Plural
    • Verbs >
      • Verbs like GUSTAR
      • Phrasal Verbs in English
      • Most used verbs
      • Indicative >
        • Present >
          • SER vs ESTAR
          • TENER
          • Regular verbs
          • Irregular verbs
          • Reflexive verbs
          • Impersonal verbs
        • Past >
          • Present Perfect
          • Preterite
          • Imperfect
        • Future
        • Conditional
        • Present Continuous
      • Subjunctive >
        • Uses
        • Present
        • Imperfect
        • Future
      • Imperative
    • Pronouns
    • Adjectives >
      • Gender
      • Plural
    • Adverbs
    • Prepositions >
      • Prepositions
      • POR-PARA
    • Comparatives
    • Linking words
    • EXERCISES
  • Vocabulary
    • A-D >
      • Abbreviations
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      • Air Travel
      • Animals
      • Bank
      • Body parts >
        • internal
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      • Celebrations >
        • Halloween
        • Thanksgiving
        • Christmas
      • Coffee
      • Colors
      • Cooking
      • Clothing
      • Daily activities
      • Description
      • Drinks
    • E-J >
      • Electrical appliance
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        • Meat & Fish
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      • Health
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      • Hour
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      • Numbers >
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      • Ñ eñe
      • Opposites
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      • Sports
      • Swimming
    • T-Z >
      • Telephone
      • Time
      • Town
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      • Work & Business
    • Curiosities >
      • güe, güi
      • Mexico/Spain
      • reflexive/non reflexive
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      • Expressions with tener
      • With & Without H
    • Crossword Puzzles
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