Love-Spanish.com: Is The Stadium Far Away?

Friday 9 August 2013

Is The Stadium Far Away?

Introduction

This post deals with indicating how near/ far the stadium is in Spanish, and the distance from where you are to the stadium.

SCENARIO

Imagine you are with a relative, a friend, a work colleague or even a complete stranger who is looking for the stadium and asks you: "is the stadium far away?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to say:

¿Queda lejos el estadio?

OUR TIP

The question is an invitation for you to say how far away the stadium is. A yes/no answer may be strictly sufficient. However, with little effort, your answer could be a lot more informative.

Here are some examples of how you could reply:

El estadio queda lejos (the stadium is far away)
El estadio queda bastante lejos (the stadium is quite far away)
El estadio queda muy lejos (the stadium is very far away)
El estadio queda cerca (the stadium is near)
El estadio queda bastante cerca (the stadium is quite near)
El estadio queda muy cerca (the stadium is very near)
El estadio queda a la vuelta de la esquina (the stadium is around the corner)
El estadio queda al final de la calle (the stadium is at the end of the street/ road)
El estadio queda a dos manzanas (the stadium is two blocks away)
El estadio queda a dos cuadras (the stadium is two blocks away)
El estadio queda a cinco minutos a pie (the stadium is five minutes away on foot)
El estadio queda en el centro (the stadium is in the town centre/ downtown)
El estadio no queda lejos (the stadium is not far away)
El estadio queda a doscientos metros^* (the stadium is 200 meters away)
El estadio queda a trescientos metros^* (the stadium is 300 meters away)

Now you should practise answering the question:

¿Queda lejos el estadio?

*See some commonly used length in Spanish below

*Spanish Lengths

Some expressions of length/ distance commonly used in Spanish are shown below:

	Metros	Kilómetros
cien metros	100m
doscientos metros	200m
trescientos metros	300m
cuatrocientos metros	400m
quinientos metros	500m	1/2km
seiscientos metros	600m
setecientos metros	700m
ochocientos metros	800m
novecientos metros	900m
mil metros/ un kilómetro	1000m	1km