How to Say ‘Could you take me to Colonia Roma, please?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Me lleva a la colonia Roma, por favor?
meh YEH-vah ah lah koh-LOH-nyah ROH-mah pohr fah-VOHR
[meh YEH-vah ah lah koh-LOH-nyah ROH-mah pohr fah-VOHR]
💬 Usage Tip: lleva here is the polite usted form, so ¿Me lleva a...? works for any destination: ¿Me lleva al aeropuerto? "Could you take me to the airport?"
Phrase Breakdown
¿Me lleva
meh YEH-vah
Will you take me
The formal way to ask a driver to take you somewhere. 'Ll' sounds like 'y': 'me YE-va'.
¿Me lleva al aeropuerto?
Will you take me to the airport?
Words in this phrase
Me
[meh]
to me / me
Indirect object pronoun used with verbs like interesar to mean 'to me'.
Me interesa trabajar en marketing.
I am interested in working in marketing.
lleva
[YEH-vah]
take (you take)
Formal 'you' form of llevar, to take someone somewhere.
¿Me lleva al centro?
Will you take me downtown?
a la colonia Roma,
ah lah koh-LOH-nyah ROH-mah
to the Roma neighborhood,
The destination. 'A la' blends into 'a-la', and the 'R' in 'Roma' is rolled.
Voy a la colonia Roma.
I'm going to the Roma neighborhood.
Words in this phrase
a
[ah]
to
Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.
Voy a a la mesa de empresas internacionales.
I'm going to the table of international companies.
la
[lah]
the
Feminine singular definite article used before a feminine noun.
La frase «La cultura de trabajo» empieza con «La».
The phrase “The work culture” begins with “La.”
colonia
[koh-LOH-nyah]
neighborhood
In Mexico, a residential district of a city.
Mi colonia tiene un parque.
My neighborhood has a park.
Roma
[ROH-mah]
Roma (neighborhood name)
Name of a well-known neighborhood in Mexico City.
Vivo en la Roma.
I live in Roma.
por favor?
pohr fah-VOHR
please?
Raise your tone at the end because it's a question. Say 'por fa-VOR'.
¿Un café, por favor?
A coffee, please?
Words in this phrase
por
[pohr]
Please
Used to make requests more polite.
Podrías cerrar la puerta, por favor?
Could you close the door, please?
favor
[fah-VOHR]
Please
Used to make requests more polite.
Podrías cerrar la puerta, por favor?
Could you close the door, please?
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