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Learn Spanish (Latin America): la calle - street

Spanish (Latin America)
/Hay vs. estar
/la calle

la calle

Word

la calle

Meaning

street

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Spanish (Latin America)

Lesson

Usages of la calle

¿Hay un hotel en la calle?

Is there a hotel on the street?

¿Dónde está la calle nueva?

Where is the new street?

¿Dónde termina la calle?

Where does the street end?

Los hombres están gritando en la calle.

The men are shouting in the street.

¡Qué horror! El ruido de la calle es terrible.

How awful! The street noise is terrible.

Hay que buscar a la policía en la calle.

You have to look for the police on the street.

Hay que cruzar esta calle hacia el semáforo.

You have to cross this street towards the traffic light.

El carro gira hacia esta calle.

The car turns towards this street.

Mis amigos patinaron en la calle ayer.

My friends skated in the street yesterday.

El tranvía iba por la calle ancha.

The tram used to go down the wide street.

Los voluntarios están juntando el vidrio de la calle.

The volunteers are gathering the glass from the street.

Vecinos, ya hemos limpiado la calle, ahora reciclen el plástico.

Neighbors, we have already cleaned the street, now recycle the plastic.

Yo miraba la calle y se me cayó algo valioso.

I was looking at the street and I dropped something valuable.

Quería que el alcalde reparara los baches en mi calle.

I wanted the mayor to repair the potholes in my street.

Hacía meses que los escombros llenaban la calle.

The rubble had been filling the street for months.

¡Qué coraje que destruyan la calle peatonal!

How infuriating that they are destroying the pedestrian street!

Nosotros caminábamos por la calle comercial.

We used to walk through the commercial street.

Aquí se vende tanta mercancía que la calle siempre está ocupada.

So much merchandise is sold here that the street is always busy.

Aun mirando el navegador, sigo sin entender esta calle.

Even looking at the GPS, I still don't understand this street.

El corresponsal quiso saber por qué había ocurrido el tiroteo en esa calle.

The correspondent wanted to know why the shootout had occurred on that street.

El municipio prometió que pavimentaría la calle.

The municipality promised that it would pave the street.

El ingeniero preguntó dónde pavimentaríamos la calle.

The engineer asked where we would pave the street.

Sigo sin atropellar a nadie en la calle.

I still haven't run over anyone in the street.

Las calles se cruzan en el semáforo.

The streets are crossed at the traffic light.

Como no vigiles la calle, lo vas a perder todo.

If you do not guard the street, you are going to lose everything.

Querían comprar unos zapatos cotizados antes de que la gente abarrotara la calle.

They wanted to buy some sought-after shoes before people packed the street.

Hay una quincena de guardias cerca de la calle.

There are about fifteen guards near the street.

Un centenar de empleados está en la calle ahora.

A hundred employees are in the street now.

Lo que necesitamos es un toldo grande para la calle.

What we need is a big canopy for the street.

El hombre borracho cantaba en la calle.

The drunk man was singing in the street.

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