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You ask how to get to the metro station: what to say in Spanish

You ask how to get to a metro station.

Metro / autobús5 linesLevel A1For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. The metro is metro; station estación; entrance entrada; exit salida; line línea; change transbordo; dirección is direction.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, ¿dónde está la estación de metro?
Pehr-DOH-neh, DOHN-deh es-TAH lah es-tuh-SYOHN deh MEH-troh?
Excuse me, where is the metro station?
THEY SAY
Siga recto y gire a la derecha. Está a dos minutos.
SEE-guh REK-toh ee KHEE-reh uh lah deh-REH-chuh. Es-TAH uh dos mee-NOO-tos.
Go straight and turn right. It's two minutes away.
They might also say:
Todo recto y luego a la derecha. Está muy cerca.
TOH-doh REK-toh ee loo-EH-goh uh lah deh-REH-chuh. Es-TAH mooy SEHR-kuh.
Straight on and then right. It's very close.
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2
YOU REPLY
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada.
Deh NAH-duh.
You're welcome.
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3
YOU FINISH
Adiós, buen día.
Uh-DYOS, boo-AYN DEE-uh.
Goodbye, have a good day.

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This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Perdone
Pehr-DOH-neh
verb
excuse me, sorry
está
es-TAH
verb
is, is located
estación
es-tuh-SYOHN
noun
station
metro
MEH-troh
noun
underground
Siga
SEE-guh
verb
continue
recto
REK-toh
adverb
straight on

14 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?
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!

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