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How to Say ‘Where is the station?’ in Spain Spanish

¿Dónde está la estación?

dohn-deh es-TAH lah es-tah-see-ON

[dohn-deh es-TAH lah es-tah-see-ON]

🇪🇸 In Spain: Start with perdone "excuse me" before asking a stranger. Jumping straight into the question can come across as abrupt.

Phrase Breakdown

¿Dónde está

dohn-deh es-TAH

Where is

Stress DÓN-de and es-TÁ. This is the basic question for asking where something is.

Example

¿Dónde está el hotel?

Where is the hotel?

Words in this phrase

Dónde

[dohn-deh]

Where

An interrogative word used to ask about place or position.

Example

Pregunté '¿Dónde encontraste eso?'

I asked 'Where did you find that?'

está

[es-TAH]

Formal verb form of estar used to ask how someone is doing.

Example

¿Cómo está su madre?

How is your mother?

la estación?

lah es-tah-see-ON

the station?

Link the words: 'laestación'. Stress -CIÓN, with a 'th' sound in Spain.

Example

¿Está lejos la estación?

Is the station far?

Words in this phrase

[lah]

The (feminine singular)

A definite article used before a singular feminine noun.

Example

Me encanta la camisa que llevas.

I love the shirt you are wearing.

estación

[es-tah-see-ON]

station

Usually means a train or bus station depending on context.

Example

A la estación, por favor.

To the station, please.

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