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Travel in Spanish (pt. 2) – Lesson 56
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Travel, part 2: luggage, flights, how to ask how to get somewhere, renting a car and changing money.
- Suitcase, backpack and luggage
- Flights: connection, destination, cancelled
- How do I get to…? Where can I find…?
- Renting a car and changing money
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Travel in Spanish: part 2
In part 1 we learned the verb viajar, the airport and how to buy a ticket. Today: another 12 useful words and phrases for your trip, from luggage to renting a car.
Luggage
la maleta the suitcase
la mochila the backpack
el equipaje the luggage
Equipaje looks a bit like the English word “equipment”: all the stuff you bring with you. Careful with the j: it’s that strong, throaty h sound, “e-ki-PA-he”.
Flights
la conexión the connection
el destino the destination
cancelado cancelled
El vuelo está cancelado. The flight is cancelled.
Hopefully you’ll never need that last one! Cancelado comes from the verb cancelar (to cancel). And notice: está, from estar, because being cancelled is a state, not a characteristic. Vuelo (flight) is from part 1.
Where you’re going: voy a…
Voy a… I’m going to…
Voy a Santo Domingo. I’m going to Santo Domingo.
Voy from ir + a + the place. Simple and super useful when someone asks ¿adónde vas? (where are you going?).
Finding your way
¿Cómo llego a…? How do I get to…?
¿Cómo llego a la puerta A6? How do I get to gate A6?
¿Dónde puedo encontrar…? Where can I find…?
Llego comes from llegar (to arrive, to get to), so literally “how do I arrive to…?”. And encontrar means “to find” (it looks a bit like “encounter”). ¿Dónde puedo encontrar un taxi? = Where can I find a taxi?
Renting a car
alquilar to rent
Quiero alquilar un coche. I want to rent a car.
Quiero + alquilar: a helper verb + infinitive again! In Mexico and parts of Latin America you’ll often hear rentar instead of alquilar, and carro instead of coche: quiero rentar un carro. We’ll look at more ways of transportation (train, bus…) in an upcoming lesson.
Changing money
cambiar dinero to change money
¿Dónde puedo cambiar dinero? Where can I change money?
Cambiar (to change) is a regular -ar verb, and dinero is money.
(Wes’s tip)
Combine the phrases from today: ¿Dónde puedo alquilar un coche?, ¿Cómo llego al aeropuerto?, Voy a Madrid, pero el vuelo está cancelado…
Recap: travel (part 2)
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| la maleta | the suitcase |
| la mochila | the backpack |
| el equipaje | the luggage |
| la conexión | the connection |
| el destino | the destination |
+ 6 more words & phrases
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1. Say “I’m going to Mexico”.
Voy a México.
2. Ask how to get to the airport.
¿Cómo llego al aeropuerto?
3. Ask where you can find a taxi.
¿Dónde puedo encontrar un taxi?
4. Say “I want to rent a car”.
Quiero alquilar un coche.
5. Ask where you can change money.
¿Dónde puedo cambiar dinero?
6. Tell your friend the flight is cancelled.
El vuelo está cancelado.
Quiz: travel (part 2)
8 questions. ¡Buen viaje!
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That’s part 2 of travel. With parts 1 and 2 you can already get through an airport and around a new city. Grab the free reference sheet below. ¡Hasta la próxima!
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