How to Say ‘Is it far from here?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Está lejos de aquí?
eh-STAH LEH-hos deh ah-KEE
[eh-STAH LEH-hos deh ah-KEE]
Phrase Breakdown
¿Está lejos
eh-STAH LEH-hos
Is it far
'Está' is used for location. The j in 'lejos' is a throaty sound: 'LE-hos'.
¿Está lejos el hotel?
Is the hotel far?
Words in this phrase
Está
[eh-STAH]
is it
Form of estar used to ask if something is nearby.
¿Está cerca? No tengo mucho tiempo.
Is it near? I don't have much time.
lejos
[LEH-hos]
far
Used to talk about something being at a great distance.
¿Está lejos? Si no está lejos, voy a pie.
Is it far? If it's not far, I'll go on foot.
de aquí?
deh ah-KEE
from here?
These words link into 'dea-KI'. Let your voice rise at the end.
Está cerca de aquí.
It's close to here.
Words in this phrase
de
[deh]
from
Preposition indicating origin or starting point.
De aquí al hotel se tarda poco.
From here to the hotel it takes little time.
aquí
[ah-KEE]
here
Adverb meaning 'here,' referring to this place or event.
'Aquí' hay muchas oportunidades para hacer contactos.
Here there are many opportunities to make contacts.
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