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You ask about the Cercanías to the airport or the city: what to say in Spanish
You ask about the local train to the airport or town.
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How it's done. Cercanías is the suburban rail around big cities (Madrid, Barcelona etc.); tickets are bought at machines; lines are marked with letters and numbers (C-1, C-3).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
¿Qué línea de Cercanías va al aeropuerto?
Keh LEE-neh-uh deh Sehr-kuh-NEE-uhs bah ahl uh-eh-roh-poo-EHR-toh?
Which Cercanías line goes to the airport?
THEY SAY
La C uno. Sale cada veinte minutos.Lah Seh OO-noh. SAH-leh KAH-duh BAYN-teh mee-NOO-tos.
The C one. It leaves every twenty minutes.
They might also say:
Tiene que coger la C uno, cada veinte minutos.
TYEH-neh keh koh-KHEHR lah Seh OO-noh, KAH-duh BAYN-teh mee-NOO-tos.
You have to take the C one, every twenty minutes.
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YOU REPLY
¿Cuánto tarda?
Koo-AHN-toh TAHR-duh?
How long does it take?
THEY SAY
Unos treinta y cinco minutos.OO-nos TRAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koh mee-NOO-tos.
About thirty-five minutes.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias. Voy a coger ese.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs. Boy uh koh-KHEHR EH-seh.
Thank you very much. I'll take that one.
THEY SAY
De nada. Buen viaje.Deh NAH-duh. Boo-AYN BYAH-kheh.
You're welcome. Have a good trip.
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
línea
LEE-neh-uh
noun
line, route
Cercanías
Sehr-kuh-NEE-uhs
noun
suburban trains
va
bah
verb
goes
aeropuerto
uh-eh-roh-poo-EHR-toh
noun
airport
Sale
SAH-leh
verb
leaves
minutos
mee-NOO-tos
noun
minutes
21 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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