• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Spanish by Doc Molly

Interactive audio Spanish lessons for learning medical Spanish and Spanish grammar on the go.

Practical Spanish for
Healthcare & Elsewhere

  • Home
  • Medical Spanish
  • Spanish Grammar
  • Sign Up
  • About
  • Help
  • Courses
    • History and Exam
    • Spanish for Abdominal Pain
    • Spanish for Emergencies
    • Spanish for Dentistry
    • Spanish for Cancer Care
    • Spanish for COPD
    • Spanish for Vertigo
  • Members
    • Login
    • Member Home
    • Course Dashboard
    • Redeem Points
    • Bonus Content

Giving Directions in Spanish Within a Hospital

By Doc Molly on June 29, 2018 0

This free Spanish audio lesson introduces the "Giving Directions in Spanish" series at docmolly.com. As requested by Bien, a listener, we are going to practice giving directions in Spanish within a hospital.

First, we will review the vocabulary. Then, we will put this vocabulary to use to give directions in Spanish. Normally we are speaking with strangers when we ask for and give directions. Therefore, we will use the usted conjugation for all the verbs.

Quick Navigation
Vocabulary
Asking for and Giving Directions
Want to learn more?

Vocabulary

Perdone
Excuse me.

La cafeteria
Cafeteria

El sótano
Basement

Baje al sótano.
Go down to the basement.

El pasillo, el corredor
Hall(way)

Siga el pasillo.
Follow the hall.

A la derecha / izquierda
To the right / left

El ascensor
Elevator

Al salir del ascensor
As you leave the elevator

Doble/gire a la derecha/izquierda
Turn right/left

A mano derecha/izquierda
On the right-hand/left-hand side

Asking for and Giving Directions

Perdone, ¿Dónde está la cafetería?
Excuse me. Where is the cafeteria?

Está en el sótano.
It’s in the basement.

¿Cómo se va / se llega allí?
How do you get there?

Siga (por) este pasillo y usted verá el ascensor a la derecha.
Follow this hallway and you’ll see the elevator to your right.

Baje al sótano.
Go down basement.

Al salir del ascensor, doble/gire a la izquierda.
As you exit the elevator, turn left.

Verá la cafeteria a mano derecha.
You will see the cafeteria on the right-hand side.

Want to learn more?

Become a premium member and access all the Spanish Grammar and Medical Spanish lessons at docmolly.com.

Already a Member? 

Access the Premium Series: Directions in Spanish

Update to Audio on 7/22/2018

Listened to this episode again while driving in the car and decided to make the following changes:

~ 1 min – Since I start the sentence with hopefully, I decided to conjugate poder in the subjunctive, rather than the future tense: “Hopefully, the next time someone asks you, ‘Dónde está el vestíbulo,’ where’s the lobby, puedas responder con fluidez.

~ 2:40 min – I added the audio flashcard: “as you leave the elevator” >> “al salir del ascensor.” This was missing from the original episode.

BTW, if you ever notice that I goof, just leave a comment or send me an email at molly@docmolly.com. ¡Gracias!

Hasta la próxima.

© 2018 Molly Martin, MD. All rights reserved

Podcast: Download

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Follow Doc Molly

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2022 · Doc Molly On Genesis Framework · WordPress

Manage Cookie Consent

¡Hola! This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience at docmolly.com.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}