Questions & Answers about ¿Dónde queda la estación?
What does bold queda mean here, and how is it different from bold está?
Here, bold queda is the 3rd-person singular of bold quedar used to mean bold is located. In much of Latin America, bold ¿Dónde queda…? is a very common way to ask where something is situated, often inviting a direction- or distance-type answer. bold ¿Dónde está…? also means Where is…? and is perfectly correct; it sounds a bit more neutral.
- bold ¿Dónde queda la estación? → bold Queda a dos cuadras de aquí / Queda en la esquina de Bolívar y Sarmiento.
- bold ¿Dónde está la estación? → bold Está a dos cuadras / Está en la esquina.
Can I say bold ¿Dónde está la estación? instead?
Why not bold ¿Dónde es la estación?
Why does bold ¿Dónde…? have an accent, and when would it be bold donde without an accent?
In direct and indirect questions, the word takes an accent: bold ¿Dónde queda…? / No sé dónde queda. Without the accent (bold donde), it’s a relative pronoun meaning where: bold La calle donde queda la estación es Bolívar.
What’s the upside-down question mark for?
Spanish uses an opening inverted question mark (bold ¿) and a closing one (bold ?). The opening mark signals from the start that the sentence is a question.
Why is it bold la estación and not bold una estación?
Is bold estación always “station”? What if I mean a bus stop or a gas station?
What’s the subject and why does the verb come first?
Can I say bold ¿La estación dónde queda? Is that different?
Is bold adónde correct here?
What’s the difference between bold quedar and bold quedarse?
- bold quedar (in this use): to be located. bold La estación queda cerca.
- bold quedarse: to stay/remain. bold Me quedo en casa. You wouldn’t use bold quedarse to ask for a location of a place.
How would a local typically answer this question?
Is the noun bold estación feminine because of the ending?
Is bold ¿Dónde queda la estación? formal or informal?
Can I drop bold la estación and just ask bold ¿Dónde queda?
Are there regional variants like bold ¿En dónde…?
How do I pronounce the key words?
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