Learn how to say cardinal directions in Spanish:

Learning how to express Cardinal Points in Spanish could be very useful when you are using a map or you want to indicate where a place is with respect to another.

Here, you have the list of the Cardinal Points👇🌍

–Norte –> North

–Noreste –> Northeast

–Este –> East

–Sudeste –> Southeast

–Sur –> South

–Sudoeste–> Southwest

–Oeste –> West

–Noroeste –> Northwest

Other useful words

Words in context

-España está en el sur de Europa. Noruega está en el norte.

-California está en el oeste de EEU y Florida está al sudoeste.

-Este fin de semana voy al norte de Minnesota a una cabaña con unos amigos.

-Algunos países del Este de Europa son Bulgaria, Rumania, Ucrania y Polonia, entre otros.

⚠️ We don’t use capital letters for cardinal points, only when beginning a sentence.

⚠️ Este is a cardinal point but also the same word for the masculine singular demonstrative (“this” in English).

If you want to learn more about “este” as a demonstrative, read the click on the following link.

Examples:

– Valencia está en el este de España.

– Este curso de español es súper práctico.

***For avid learners***

Esté is also the present subjective for yo, él, ella and usted forms.

Example:

– Cuando (yo) esté recuperado de mi enfermedad, quiero viajar por Asia.

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Cristina Martín

Teacher and Academic Manager at Aprende Hablando. My goal is to encourage all my students to reach their goals efficiently through the benefits of 1-on-1 courses, where each lesson is customized to the student’s needs and where the student has the unique opportunity for intensive practice.