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How to Say ‘We could come a little earlier’ in Spain Spanish

Podríamos venir un poco antes

poh-DREE-ah-mohs beh-NEER oon POH-koh AHN-tehs

[poh-DREE-ah-mohs beh-NEER oon POH-koh AHN-tehs]

💬 Usage Tip: Spanish uses venir only for movement toward where the listener is. Here you're talking to the restaurant, so it's venir, not ir "to go".

Phrase Breakdown

Podríamos venir

poh-DREE-ah-mohs beh-NEER

We could come

'Podríamos' is the conditional of 'poder' and makes a polite suggestion. Stress 'drí': po-DRÍ-a-mos.

Example

Podríamos venir mañana.

We could come tomorrow.

Words in this phrase

Podríamos

[poh-DREE-ah-mohs]

we could

Conditional of 'poder', used for polite suggestions.

Example

Podríamos ir el sábado.

We could go on Saturday.

venir

[beh-NEER]

to come

Verb for moving toward the speaker's place.

Example

¿Puedes venir mañana?

Can you come tomorrow?

un poco antes

oon POH-koh AHN-tehs

a bit earlier

'Un poco' means 'a bit' and 'antes' means 'earlier' or 'before'. Link 'poco' and 'antes' smoothly.

Example

Sal un poco antes de casa.

Leave home a bit earlier.

Words in this phrase

[oon]

An article used before a masculine singular noun.

Example

Busco un lugar donde me sienta valorado.

I’m looking for a place where I feel valued.

poco

[POH-koh]

little, bit

With 'un', means 'a little' or 'a bit'.

Example

Llegamos un poco tarde.

We arrived a bit late.

antes

[AHN-tehs]

earlier, before

Adverb meaning at an earlier time.

Example

Prefiero cenar antes.

I prefer to have dinner earlier.

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