Quick answer
Quedamos en la plaza a las ocho.
Let’s meet in the square at eight. Quedar is the everyday verb for arranging to meet.
The words
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| la ciudad | the city |
| el barrio | the neighbourhood |
| la calle | the street |
| la plaza | the square |
| la avenida | the avenue |
| el ayuntamiento | the town hall |
| la iglesia | the church |
| el museo | the museum |
| el parque | the park |
| el puente | the bridge |
| la esquina | the corner |
| el semáforo | the traffic light |
| la acera | the pavement |
| el casco antiguo | the old town |
| el quiosco | the kiosk |
The phrases you will actually say
Worth knowing
Spanish addresses are built the other way round from English ones: the street comes first and the number after, as in Calle Mayor 12, 3º izquierda, where 3º izquierda means third floor, left-hand door. The ground floor is bajo, so what a lift calls 1 is the first floor above the street, and many older buildings squeeze an entresuelo or a principal in between. When giving directions people refer to la esquina, the outside corner of a block, rather than counting streets. And most Spanish towns still organise themselves around the plaza mayor and the ayuntamiento, so "meet me in the square" is rarely ambiguous in a small town, though in a city you must name which one.
Practice
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Check yourself
In a Spanish address, what does "bajo" mean?