Hi Neil I'm not sure I got your question, but usually we do not use 'real' as a noun but as an adjective. Literal translations would be: real = real, genuine = genuino, authentic = auténtico so very similar to english, and the sentence 'is coming to Madrid' = viene a Madrid (in this case we use simple present), the present continuos we use it mostly for things we do on a regular basis like for example: El está yendo a Madrid cada semana = He is going to madrid every week. Hope this helps.