Spanish · Junta de vecinos
You ask where to leave a bicycle: what to say in Spanish
You ask where to leave a bicycle.
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How it's done. Buildings may have a cuarto de bicicletas or aparcabicis; ask ¿Hay un sitio para las bicis?Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Perdone, ¿hay un sitio para dejar las bicicletas?
Pehr-DOH-neh, igh oon SEE-tyoh PAH-ruh deh-KHAHR lahs bee-see-KLEH-tuhs?
Excuse me, is there a place to leave bicycles?
THEY SAY
Sí, hay un cuarto en el sótano. Se abre con la llave del portal.See, igh oon koo-AHR-toh en el SOH-tuh-noh. Seh AH-breh kohn lah YAH-beh del por-TAHL.
Yes, there's a room in the basement. It opens with the entrance key.
They might also say:
Sí, en el sótano, con la misma llave.
See, en el SOH-tuh-noh, kohn lah MEEZ-muh YAH-beh.
Yes, in the basement, with the same key.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Que tenga buen día.Deh NAH-duh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
You're welcome. Have a nice day.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Perdone
Pehr-DOH-neh
verb
excuse me, sorry
sitio
SEE-tyoh
noun
place, space
dejar
deh-KHAHR
verb
to leave, to let, to stop
bicicletas
bee-see-KLEH-tuhs
noun
bicycles
Sí
See
adverb
yes
hay
igh
verb
there is, there are
22 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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