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Spanish Places Vocabulary — Words for Around Town

Knowing the words for places turns a map into a conversation — you can ask for them, point to them, and find your way without switching back to English. This page gathers Spanish place vocabulary: la ciudad (city), la calle (street), el mercado (market), la playa (beach) and more, each with its meaning and audio. For English speakers, Spanish is forgiving here: spelling is close to phonetic, so a place name on a sign usually sounds the way it looks. Keep an eye on gender — la calle, el parque — and learn the article as part of the word. One sound to notice is the rolled or tapped r in words like mercado; the 🔊 button is the best way to catch it, since no spelling can teach it. Look over the list to get your bearings, then step into the game below — it's a far better way to fix these in memory than rereading a table you'll forget by tomorrow.

Key words explained

• school escuela🔊 The children walk to school together every morning.
• hospital hospital🔊 She works as a nurse at the city hospital.
• restaurant restaurante🔊 We tried a new Italian restaurant downtown.
• hotel hotel🔊 Our hotel was right across from the beach.
• airport aeropuerto🔊 We arrived at the airport two hours early.
• station estación🔊 The train leaves from the main station at noon.
• market mercado🔊 Every Saturday they shop at the farmers' market.
• shop tienda🔊 There is a little shop on the corner that sells everything.

All 120 Spanish places words

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