Asking for directions in Spanish
You're looking for the museum, your phone's map won't load, and you ask a woman waiting for the bus on the corner.
The phrase
Perdón, estoy perdido y no encuentro el museo.10 words10 sentences
The ten words3 of 10
- 1perdido/peɾˈdido/
lostadjective
Someone who doesn't know where they are or how to get somewhere.
- 2esquina/esˈkina/
cornernoun
The point where two streets meet.
- 3cuadra/ˈkwadɾa/
blocknoun
The stretch of street between one corner and the next.
- 4
semáforotraffic light
- 5
izquierdaleft
- 6
derechostraight ahead
- 7
seguirto keep going
- 8
doblarto turn
- 9
glorietatraffic circle
- 10
lejosfar
The sentences3 of 10
Perdón, estoy perdido y no encuentro el museo.
Sorry, I'm lost and can't find the museum.
En la esquina de allá das vuelta a la izquierda.
At that corner over there, turn left.
Falta una cuadra para llegar al museo.
It's one more block to the museum.
Pronunciation
cuadra/ˈkwadɾa/
"Cua" is a single syllable, and it's the one that's stressed: KUA-dra.
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- How do you say you're lost in Spanish?
- You can say "Perdón, estoy perdido y no encuentro el museo," meaning sorry, I'm lost and can't find the museum.
The same situation in English, Portuguese, Italian, French, German.