walking back

walking back
 

Ok, I need to say "we were walking back to the mall." The closest I can get is

Nosotros estabamos caminando al ____.

Any help?

Re: walking back
 

Hey Johnny,

I'm not a native speaker of Spanish, but I think you could say,

"Estábamos regresando el centro comercial."
"Estábamos regresando al 'mall'."

I've heard both centro comercial and mall, like in English but with a Latin Flare. Also, instead of "regresando" you could say "volviendo"- both mean "returning".

Hope this helps!

Re: walking back
 

"Estábamos regresando el centro comercial."

Sounds good to me.

Re: walking back
 

Careful, "al", not "el". "al" is a contraction of "a el" (to the).

I'd say "Estábamos volviendo al centro comercial" or "Íbamos de vuelta al centro comercial".

"Mall" is not used here.

Re: walking back
 

The only place I've heard "mall" used in Spanish (pronouned "mol") was in San José, Costa Rica. It's probably not a very widespread usage.

Re: walking back
 

Yeah, living in Texas I hear a lot of "Tex-Mex" Spanish. Sometimes it's easier and sometimes just plain old confusing!!

Re: walking back
 

I live in San Antonio! What part of Texas are you from?