🏨 Hotels & Hostels

In this lesson you will learn useful everyday English hotel vocabulary and practical phrases for checking in, asking about services, reporting a problem, and checking out with confidence. Each English word or phrase includes translations in Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese.

🟢 Essential Hotel Vocabulary

🏨 Hotel

🇪🇸 Spanish: Hotel
🇫🇷 French: Hôtel
🇩🇪 German: Hotel
🇮🇹 Italian: Hotel
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Hotel
🛎️ Reception desk

🇪🇸 Spanish: Recepción
🇫🇷 French: Réception
🇩🇪 German: Rezeption
🇮🇹 Italian: Reception
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Receção / Recepção
🛏️ Room

🇪🇸 Spanish: Habitación
🇫🇷 French: Chambre
🇩🇪 German: Zimmer
🇮🇹 Italian: Camera
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Quarto
📅 Reservation

🇪🇸 Spanish: Reserva
🇫🇷 French: Réservation
🇩🇪 German: Reservierung
🇮🇹 Italian: Prenotazione
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Reserva
🔑 Key card

🇪🇸 Spanish: Tarjeta de acceso
🇫🇷 French: Carte magnétique / Carte d'accès
🇩🇪 German: Schlüsselkarte
🇮🇹 Italian: Chiave magnetica / Tessera
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Cartão de acesso
🧳 Luggage

🇪🇸 Spanish: Equipaje
🇫🇷 French: Bagages
🇩🇪 German: Gepäck
🇮🇹 Italian: Bagaglio
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Bagagem

🟡 Rooms, Amenities & Services

👤 Single room

🇪🇸 Spanish: Habitación individual
🇫🇷 French: Chambre simple
🇩🇪 German: Einzelzimmer
🇮🇹 Italian: Camera singola
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Quarto individual
👥 Double room

🇪🇸 Spanish: Habitación doble
🇫🇷 French: Chambre double
🇩🇪 German: Doppelzimmer
🇮🇹 Italian: Camera doppia
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Quarto duplo
🛁 Private bathroom

🇪🇸 Spanish: Baño privado
🇫🇷 French: Salle de bain privée
🇩🇪 German: Eigenes Bad
🇮🇹 Italian: Bagno privato
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Casa de banho privativa
📶 Wi-Fi

🇪🇸 Spanish: Wifi
🇫🇷 French: Wi-Fi
🇩🇪 German: WLAN / Wi-Fi
🇮🇹 Italian: Wi-Fi
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Wi-Fi
🍳 Breakfast included

🇪🇸 Spanish: Desayuno incluido
🇫🇷 French: Petit-déjeuner inclus
🇩🇪 German: Frühstück inklusive
🇮🇹 Italian: Colazione inclusa
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Pequeno-almoço incluído
🧹 Housekeeping service

🇪🇸 Spanish: Servicio de limpieza
🇫🇷 French: Service de ménage
🇩🇪 German: Zimmerservice / Reinigung
🇮🇹 Italian: Servizio di pulizia
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Serviço de limpeza

💡 Hotel, Hostel & Guesthouse

Hotel is the standard word. A hostel usually means a budget place with shared dormitories (especially popular with backpackers). A smaller, family-run place with private rooms is often called a guesthouse or B&B.

We are looking for an affordable guesthouse near the station.
🇪🇸 Buscamos un hostal económico cerca de la estación.
🇫🇷 Nous cherchons une pension abordable près de la gare.
🇩🇪 Wir suchen eine günstige Pension in der Nähe des Bahnhofs.
🇮🇹 Cerchiamo una pensione economica vicino alla stazione.
🇵🇹 Procuramos uma pensão económica perto da estação.

💬 Checking In

📅 Hello, I have a reservation under the name García.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Hola, tengo una reserva a nombre de García.
🇫🇷 French: Bonjour, j'ai une réservation au nom de García.
🇩🇪 German: Hallo, ich habe eine Reservierung auf den Namen García.
🇮🇹 Italian: Ciao, ho una prenotazione a nome di García.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Olá, tenho uma reserva em nome de García.
🛏️ What time is the room available?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿A qué hora está disponible la habitación?
🇫🇷 French: À quelle heure la chambre est-elle disponible ?
🇩🇪 German: Wann ist das Zimmer verfügbar?
🇮🇹 Italian: A che ora è disponibile la camera?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: A que horas está disponível o quarto?
🪪 Here is my passport.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Aquí tiene mi pasaporte.
🇫🇷 French: Voici mon passeport.
🇩🇪 German: Hier ist mein Reisepass.
🇮🇹 Italian: Ecco il mio passaporto.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Aqui tem o meu passaporte.
🔑 Could you give me the key card, please?

🇪🇸 Spanish: ¿Podría darme la tarjeta de acceso, por favor?
🇫🇷 French: Pourriez-vous me donner la carte d'accès, s'il vous plaît ?
🇩🇪 German: Könnten Sie mir bitte die Schlüsselkarte geben?
🇮🇹 Italian: Potrebbe darmi la chiave magnetica, per favore?
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Poderia dar-me o cartão de acesso, por favor?

🧠 Asking for Help at the Hotel

💡 Use Could you...? for polite requests.

Could you call a taxi for tomorrow?
🇪🇸 ¿Podría llamar a un taxi para mañana?
🇫🇷 Pourriez-vous appeler un taxi pour demain ?
🇩🇪 Könnten Sie für morgen ein Taxi rufen?
🇮🇹 Potrebbe chiamare un taxi per domani?
🇵🇹 Poderia chamar um táxi para amanhã?


Could you recommend a nearby restaurant?
🇪🇸 ¿Podría recomendarme un restaurante cercano?
🇫🇷 Pourriez-vous me recommander un restaurant à proximité ?
🇩🇪 Könnten Sie mir ein Restaurant in der Nähe empfehlen?
🇮🇹 Potrebbe consigliarmi un ristorante vicino?
🇵🇹 Poderia recomendar-me um restaurante perto?
💡 Use Is there...? to ask whether something is available.

Is there a safe in the room?
🇪🇸 ¿Hay una caja fuerte en la habitación?
🇫🇷 Y a-t-il un coffre-fort dans la chambre ?
🇩🇪 Gibt es einen Safe im Zimmer?
🇮🇹 C'è una cassaforte in camera?
🇵🇹 Há um cofre no quarto?


Is there parking near the hotel?
🇪🇸 ¿Hay aparcamiento cerca del hotel?
🇫🇷 Y a-t-il un parking près de l'hôtel ?
🇩🇪 Gibt es einen Parkplatz in der Nähe des Hotels?
🇮🇹 C'è un parcheggio vicino all'hotel?
🇵🇹 Há estacionamento perto do hotel?

🔧 Reporting a Problem

❄️ The air conditioning is not working.

🇪🇸 Spanish: El aire acondicionado no funciona.
🇫🇷 French: La climatisation ne fonctionne pas.
🇩🇪 German: Die Klimaanlage funktioniert nicht.
🇮🇹 Italian: L'aria condizionata non funziona.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: O ar condicionado não está a funcionar.
🚿 There is no hot water in the shower.

🇪🇸 Spanish: No hay agua caliente en la ducha.
🇫🇷 French: Il n'y a pas d'eau chaude dans la douche.
🇩🇪 German: Es gibt kein warmes Wasser in der Dusche.
🇮🇹 Italian: Non c'è acqua calda nella doccia.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Não há água quente no chuveiro.
🔇 There is a lot of noise in the hallway.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Hay mucho ruido en el pasillo.
🇫🇷 French: Il y a beaucoup de bruit dans le couloir.
🇩🇪 German: Es ist sehr laut auf dem Flur.
🇮🇹 Italian: C'è molto rumore nel corridoio.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Há muito barulho no corredor.
🧺 I need clean towels, please.

🇪🇸 Spanish: Necesito toallas limpias, por favor.
🇫🇷 French: J'ai besoin de serviettes propres, s'il vous plaît.
🇩🇪 German: Ich brauche saubere Handtücher, bitte.
🇮🇹 Italian: Ho bisogno di asciugamani puliti, per favore.
🇵🇹 Portuguese: Preciso de toalhas limpas, por favor.

🗣️ Everyday Hotel Conversations

Checking in

A: Good afternoon. I have a reservation for two nights.
B: Perfect. Under what name is the reservation?
A: Under the name Laura Martín.

🇪🇸 A: Buenas tardes. Tengo una reserva para dos noches.
B: Perfecto. ¿A nombre de quién está la reserva?
A: A nombre de Laura Martín.

🇫🇷 A: Bonjour. J'ai une réservation pour deux nuits.
B: Parfait. Au nom de qui est la réservation ?
A: Au nom de Laura Martín.

🇩🇪 A: Guten Tag. Ich habe eine Reservierung für zwei Nächte.
B: Perfekt. Auf welchen Namen lautet die Reservierung?
A: Auf den Namen Laura Martín.

🇮🇹 A: Buon pomeriggio. Ho una prenotazione per due notti.
B: Perfetto. A nome di chi è la prenotazione?
A: A nome di Laura Martín.

🇵🇹 A: Boa tarde. Tenho uma reserva para duas noites.
B: Perfeito. Em nome de quem está a reserva?
A: Em nome de Laura Martín.
Asking about breakfast

A: Excuse me, what time is breakfast served?
B: From seven to ten in the morning, on the ground floor.
A: Thank you very much.

🇪🇸 A: Disculpe, ¿a qué hora se sirve el desayuno?
B: De siete a diez de la mañana, en la planta baja.
A: Muchas gracias.

🇫🇷 A: Excusez-moi, à quelle heure le petit-déjeuner est-il servi ?
B: De sept à dix heures du matin, au rez-de-chaussée.
A: Merci beaucoup.

🇩🇪 A: Entschuldigung, um wie viel Uhr wird das Frühstück serviert?
B: Von sieben bis zehn Uhr morgens, im Erdgeschoss.
A: Vielen Dank.

🇮🇹 A: Scusi, a che ora viene servita la colazione?
B: Dalle sette alle dieci di mattina, al piano terra.
A: Grazie mille.

🇵🇹 A: Com licença, a que horas é servido o pequeno-almoço?
B: Das sete às dez da manhã, no rés-do-chão.
A: Muito obrigado.

🏆 Final Practice

Try saying each English phrase before pressing play.

  • I have a reservation under the name García.
  • Is breakfast included?
  • Is there Wi-Fi in the room?
  • Could you call a taxi, please?
  • The air conditioning is not working.