Nos vemos enfrente del cine a las seis y luego vamos a cenar.

In Spanish, verse can mean to see each other or to meet up depending on context.

So nos vemos literally is we see each other / we’ll see each other, but in everyday speech it often means:

• see you
• we’ll meet
• we’re meeting

In this sentence, Nos vemos enfrente del cine..., the idea is We’ll meet in front of the cinema...

Spanish often uses this reflexive structure where English uses a simpler verb like meet.

Because object/reflexive pronouns like nos usually go before a conjugated verb.

So:

• nos vemos = we see each other / we meet
• not vemos nos

This is a basic Spanish word-order rule with pronouns:

• me llamo
• te veo
• nos vamos
• se conocen

Pronouns can go after the verb only in certain cases, such as with infinitives, gerunds, and affirmative commands:

• vamos a vernos
• está mirándonos
• míranos

Enfrente de means opposite, in front of, or across from, depending on context.

So enfrente del cine means in front of the cinema or opposite the cinema.

It is very similar to frente a, and in many situations they are interchangeable:

• enfrente del cine
• frente al cine

Both are common. In Spain, both are understood perfectly.

A small nuance:

• frente a can sound a bit more neutral or standard
• enfrente de is also very common in everyday speech

Because de + el contracts to del.

So:

• de + el = del
• a + el = al

That is why you get:

• enfrente del cine
• not enfrente de el cine

This contraction is mandatory, except when el is part of a proper name:

• Voy de El Escorial a Madrid.
• Here El Escorial is a place name, so it stays de El Escorial, not del Escorial.

Spanish uses a when saying the time something happens.

So:

• a las seis = at six
• a la una = at one

Examples:

• La película empieza a las ocho.
• Nos vemos a las seis.

Notice the difference:

• a la una because una is singular
• a las dos / tres / seis because those are plural in this structure

This is a different use of a.

In ir + a + infinitive, Spanish expresses a future or planned action:

• vamos a cenar = we are going to have dinner / we’re going to eat dinner

So here:

• a las seis → a = at
• vamos a cenar → a is part of the structure going to do something

Examples:

• Voy a estudiar.
• Vamos a salir.
• Iban a llamar.

Same word, different grammar function.

Both can work, but they sound slightly different.

• vamos a cenar = we’re going to have dinner
• cenamos = we have dinner / we’re having dinner / we’ll have dinner, depending on context

Vamos a cenar emphasizes the next planned action a bit more clearly. It sounds very natural when describing what happens next:

• Nos vemos a las seis y luego vamos a cenar.

If you said luego cenamos, that would also be natural in conversation, but vamos a cenar makes the sequence feel especially explicit: then we’re going to go eat.

Cenar means to have dinner / to eat dinner.

In many learning materials it may be translated as to dine, but in normal English to have dinner is usually the most natural equivalent.

Related meal verbs:

• desayunar = to have breakfast
• almorzar = to have lunch in some regions
• comer = to eat or sometimes to have lunch
• cenar = to have dinner

In Spain, cenar is the normal verb for the evening meal.

Yes. Luego here means then or afterwards.

So:

• ...y luego vamos a cenar = ...and then we go for dinner / then we’re going to have dinner

You can often replace it with después:

• Nos vemos... y después vamos a cenar.

Both are common. A rough guide:

• luego often sounds like then
• después often sounds like afterwards / later

But in many everyday sentences, they overlap a lot.

Because Spanish usually omits subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

In this sentence:

• vemos tells you it is we
• vamos also tells you it is we

So nosotros is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Nosotros vamos a cenar, pero ellos no.
  • We’re going to have dinner, but they aren’t.

Without contrast, Spanish normally leaves the subject out.

Yes. In Spain, cine is the normal everyday word for both:

• the cinema as a place
• cinema/film as an art form, depending on context

Examples:

• Vamos al cine. = We’re going to the cinema.
• Me gusta mucho el cine español. = I really like Spanish cinema.

A native English speaker should be careful not to assume it only means cinema in the artistic sense. In everyday Spanish, it very often just means movie theater / cinema.

Yes. That is a very good, close reading of the Spanish.

Because Spanish present tense can talk about the future, the sentence can naturally refer to a planned future arrangement:

• Nos vemos... = See you... / We’ll meet...
• vamos a cenar = we’re going to have dinner

So the whole sentence is a very normal way to talk about a plan.

Spanish often uses the present tense this way:

• Mañana salgo temprano. = I’m leaving early tomorrow.
• El viernes nos vemos. = We’re meeting on Friday.

It can suggest either one depending on the situation, which is why learners sometimes find it tricky.

Often, enfrente de implies being opposite/across from something, not necessarily directly touching it. But in casual use, people may also use it when they simply mean right in front of a place.

If you want to be more precise, Spanish has other options:

• delante del cine = in front of the cinema
• enfrente del cine = opposite / across from / in front of the cinema
• frente al cine = similar to enfrente del cine

In real life, context usually makes the intended meeting point clear.