How to Say ‘Are you free?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Está libre?
eh-STAH LEE-breh
[eh-STAH LEE-breh]
💬 Usage Tip: [Está] uses the polite [usted] form here. You'll hear this a lot with strangers in Spain in service situations: [¿Está libre?], [¿Quiere ir por aquí?], [Pare aquí, por favor].
🇪🇸 In Spain: This is the normal way to ask a taxi driver if the cab is available. It's brief and polite, and much more natural than a fuller sentence like asking if they are available to take you.
Phrase Breakdown
Está
[eh-STAH]
is / are you
From the verb 'estar'. Here it asks about the taxi's status: whether it is available.
Antes de subir, pregunto: «¿Está libre?».
Before getting in, I ask: “Is it free?” / “Are you available?”
libre
[LEE-breh]
free / available
Used for a taxi to mean unoccupied and ready to take a passenger.
Antes de subir, pregunto: «¿Está libre?».
Before getting in, I ask: “Is it free?” / “Are you available?”
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