A veces siento soledad en el piso nuevo, pero la voz de esa locutora me da paz.

A veces means sometimes. It is a very common time expression in Spanish.

In this sentence, it tells you how often the speaker feels this way:

• A veces siento soledad... = Sometimes I feel lonely / I feel loneliness...

It is normal to place a veces at the beginning of the sentence, but you could also hear:

• Siento soledad a veces
• A veces, siento soledad...

All of these are natural.

These expressions are related, but they are not exactly the same.

• siento soledad = I feel loneliness
• estoy solo = I am alone
• me siento solo = I feel lonely

So siento soledad is a bit more abstract and emotional. It focuses on the feeling of loneliness, not just the fact of being alone.

Compare:

• Estoy solo en casa = I am alone at home.
• Me siento solo = I feel lonely.
• Siento soledad = I experience a feeling of loneliness.

In everyday speech, me siento solo / sola is probably more common than siento soledad, but the sentence given is perfectly natural and slightly more literary or reflective.

Spanish often leaves out the article with abstract nouns when speaking in a general sense.

So:

• siento soledad = I feel loneliness

This sounds natural because soledad is being used as an uncountable, abstract feeling.

You could sometimes see an article with a different nuance:

• Siento una soledad muy profunda = I feel a very deep loneliness

Here, una makes it feel more like a particular experience or instance of loneliness.

Yes. In Spain, piso commonly means flat or apartment.

So:

• el piso nuevo = the new flat / apartment

This is very typical Peninsular Spanish. In much of Latin America, piso more often means floor or storey, and apartamento or departamento might be more common for apartment.

For a learner of Spanish from Spain, piso in this sentence is completely normal.

Spanish often leaves out possessives when the meaning is already clear from context.

Here, el piso nuevo probably means the new flat, and we naturally understand it is the speaker’s new flat because they are talking about their feelings there.

So:

• en el piso nuevo = in the new flat
• en mi piso nuevo = in my new flat

Both are possible. Using mi would sound a bit more explicit. Leaving it out can sound more natural if the context already makes ownership obvious.

In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So:

• el piso nuevo = the new flat
• la voz suave = the soft voice

That is the normal order.

If an adjective comes before the noun, it often adds a different tone or emphasis, but with nuevo, the position can affect meaning:

• el piso nuevo = the new flat, meaning recently acquired or recently moved into
• el nuevo piso = the new flat, often just identifying it as the new one

In your sentence, el piso nuevo sounds very natural.

Pero means but. It introduces a contrast between the two ideas:

• A veces siento soledad en el piso nuevo = Sometimes I feel loneliness in the new flat
• pero la voz de esa locutora me da paz = but that radio/presenter’s voice gives me peace

So the contrast is:

• negative feeling: loneliness
• positive effect: peace

This is one of the most common uses of pero.

Locutora is a feminine noun. It usually means a female radio host, announcer, broadcaster, or presenter, depending on context.

Related forms:

• locutor = male broadcaster/announcer
• locutora = female broadcaster/announcer

In this sentence, it probably suggests a woman whose voice is heard regularly, perhaps on the radio, podcast, or some kind of programme.

Spanish demonstratives show distance or how the speaker is mentally pointing to something.

• esta = this
• esa = that
• aquella = that over there / that one further away

So:

• esa locutora = that broadcaster

Using esa suggests the speaker has a specific person in mind. It may feel like:

• the listener probably knows who she is, or
• the speaker is mentally pointing her out as that particular broadcaster

If you said la locutora, it would simply mean the broadcaster, without that pointing effect.

Because the sentence is specifically talking about her voice as the thing that gives peace.

Compare:

• Esa locutora me da paz = That broadcaster gives me peace
• La voz de esa locutora me da paz = That broadcaster’s voice gives me peace

The second version is more precise. It is not necessarily the person in general, but specifically her voice that has a calming effect.

Dar means to give, and me is an indirect object pronoun meaning to me.

So:

• me da paz = it gives peace to me

Structure:

• la voz de esa locutora = subject
• me = to me
• da = gives
• paz = peace

Very literally:

• That broadcaster’s voice gives peace to me

More natural English:

• That broadcaster’s voice gives me peace
• That broadcaster’s voice brings me peace

Because the subject is singular:

• la voz = the voice

Even though de esa locutora adds more information, the true subject is still la voz, which is singular.

So:

• La voz ... me da paz not
• La voz ... me dan paz

If the subject were plural, then the verb would be plural:

• Las voces de esas locutoras me dan paz = The voices of those broadcasters give me peace

Both can work, but they are slightly different.

• paz = peace
• calma = calm, calmness

In me da paz, paz often sounds deeper, more emotional, and more comforting.

• me da paz = it gives me peace
• me da calma = it gives me calmness

Me da paz is a very natural expression in modern Spanish and often sounds warm and personal.

You can understand it literally, but it is best to think of it idiomatically.

Literal sense:

• I feel loneliness

Natural English equivalents:

• I feel lonely
• I sometimes feel lonely in the new flat

So when learning, it helps to notice that Spanish may use an abstract noun where English often prefers an adjective:

• siento soledad ↔ I feel lonely

Yes, it is all in the present tense:

• siento = I feel
• da = gives

The present tense works because the sentence describes:

1. a repeated experience: A veces siento soledad...
2. a general effect that is true now: ...la voz de esa locutora me da paz

So the speaker is describing something habitual or generally true in their current life, not a one-time event.

Yes, but the original order is very natural.

Original:

• A veces siento soledad en el piso nuevo, pero la voz de esa locutora me da paz.

Possible variations:

• En el piso nuevo, a veces siento soledad, pero la voz de esa locutora me da paz.
• La voz de esa locutora me da paz, pero a veces siento soledad en el piso nuevo.

These are grammatically correct, but they change the emphasis:

• starting with A veces highlights frequency
• starting with En el piso nuevo highlights place
• starting with La voz... highlights the comforting element first

The original version is balanced and very natural.