A Ski Trip in Spain
Useful Spanish sentences for a first day's skiing, from lift passes and rental to the lesson and the slopes.
Spain has serious skiing, from Sierra Nevada above Granada to the Pyrenees, and day trips are common: drive up early with chains in the boot, buy your forfait, rent skis, botas and bastones and book a cursillo. Runs are colour-coded verdes, azules, rojas and negras, and a hot chocolate break is part of the day. These sentences follow a complete beginner's first day in Sierra Nevada with a friend who skis.
- 1
No he esquiado nunca.
I've never skied before.
- 2
¿Hay cursillos para principiantes?
Are there courses for beginners?
- 3
¿Cuánto cuesta el forfait de un día?
How much is a day pass?
- 4
Tengo que alquilar esquís, botas y bastones.
I need to rent skis, boots and poles.
- 5
Estas botas me aprietan mucho.
These boots are too tight on me.
- 6
¿Hacen falta cadenas para el coche?
Do we need chains for the car?
- 7
Haz la cuña para frenar.
Do a snowplough to brake.
- 8
Flexiona un poco más las rodillas.
Bend your knees a bit more.
- 9
No paro de caerme.
I keep falling over.
- 10
¿Cómo se sube al telesilla?
How do you get on the chairlift?
- 11
Esa pista es demasiado difícil para mí.
That run is too hard for me.
- 12
Mejor nos quedamos en las pistas verdes.
We'd better stick to the green runs.
- 13
Hoy la nieve está perfecta.
The snow is perfect today.
- 14
No siento los dedos.
I can't feel my fingers.
- 15
¿Paramos a tomar un chocolate caliente?
Shall we stop for a hot chocolate?
- 16
Arriba no se ve nada, hay mucha niebla.
You can't see a thing up there, it's really foggy.
- 17
Ponte crema, que en la montaña el sol quema mucho.
Put on sun cream, the sun burns in the mountains.
- 18
Ya le estoy pillando el truco.
I'm getting the hang of it.
- 19
Quedamos abajo del telesilla a las cuatro.
Let's meet at the bottom of the chairlift at four.
- 20
Estoy molido, pero ha sido genial.
I'm shattered, but it was great.