Dispute with taxi driver Part 2: Pick-up or drop-off locations
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Key Phrases
Perdone, creo que este no es el punto de recogida.
Excuse me, I think this is not the pick-up point.
¿Puede acercarse a la puerta lateral, por favor?
Could you come to the side door, please?
¿Me deja en la estación?
Can you drop me off at the station?
Skills You'll Learn
Explain that you are at the wrong meeting or pick-up location.
Explicar que estás en el lugar de encuentro o recogida equivocado.
Give and understand location details such as the main entrance, side door, and next to the café.
Dar y entender detalles de ubicación como la entrada principal, la puerta lateral y junto al café.
Ask for transport help, including requesting a drop-off point for the return trip.
Pedir ayuda con el transporte, incluyendo solicitar un lugar para que te dejen en la vuelta.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you’re trying to meet your driver at a hotel, but you’re waiting at the side entrance by the café while the driver is at the main entrance, so you politely explain the mix-up and ask to be picked up at the correct door.
Perdone, creo que este no es el punto de recogida.
Excuse me, I think this is not the pickup point.
Hola, hijo, me dijiste la entrada principal del hotel.
Hello, son, you told me the hotel’s main entrance.
Sí, pero yo estaba en la puerta lateral, junto al café.
Yes, but I was at the side entrance, next to the café.
Ay, cariño, entonces nos hemos entendido mal.
Oh, darling, then we must have misunderstood each other.
¿Puede acercarse a la puerta lateral, por favor?
Could you please come over to the side door?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Perdone
pehr-DOH-neh
Excuse me
🇪🇸 [Perdone] is the polite form, and it's the safe default with a taxi driver in Spain. It softens a correction nicely when you're about to say the pick-up point is wrong.
See breakdown →Creo que
KRAY-oh keh
I think / I believe that
💬 [Creo que] is a very common softener before a disagreement: it makes you sound less blunt than stating the problem directly. You can reuse it with lots of things, like [creo que es aquí] or [creo que se ha equivocado].
See breakdown →Este no es
ES-teh noh ehs
This is not
Perdone, creo que este no es el punto de recogida.
pehr-DOH-neh KRAY-oh keh ES-teh noh ehs ehl POON-toh deh reh-koh-HEE-dah
Excuse me, I think this is not the pick-up point.
🇪🇸 This is a polite way to challenge the location without sounding accusatory. In Spain, starting with [Perdone] and [creo que] helps keep a taxi disagreement calm and practical.
See breakdown →El punto
ehl POON-toh
The point / the spot
De recogida
deh reh-koh-HEE-dah
For pick-up
💬 [De recogida] works like "for pick-up" here: Spanish often uses [de] where English uses a noun before another noun. The same pattern appears in [punto de encuentro] for "meeting point."
See breakdown →El punto de recogida
ehl POON-toh deh reh-koh-HEE-dah
The pick-up point
💬 Spanish often builds place labels with [de] instead of stacking nouns. So [punto de recogida] is literally "point of pick-up," like [zona de espera] for "waiting area."
See breakdown →La entrada principal
lah ehn-TRAH-dah preen-see-PAHL
The main entrance
Del hotel
dehl oh-TEHL
Of the hotel
💬 [Del] is just [de] + [el] merged into one word. The same happens in [al] = [a] + [el].
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