How to Say ‘Walk one block.’ in Mexican Spanish
Camine una cuadra.
kah-MEE-neh OO-nah KWAH-drah
[kah-MEE-neh OO-nah KWAH-drah]
💬 Usage Tip: Polite commands flip the verb's usual ending: caminar becomes camine. Strangers giving directions will use this form, as in siga and dé.
Phrase Breakdown
Camine
[kah-MEE-neh]
walk (formal command)
Formal 'usted' command of 'caminar', to walk.
Camine hasta el parque.
Walk to the park.
una
[OO-nah]
a
Feminine singular indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one.'
Una reclutadora me dio su tarjeta hoy.
A recruiter gave me her card today.
cuadra
[KWAH-drah]
block
In Mexico, a city block, the distance between two streets.
El banco está a una cuadra.
The bank is one block away.
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