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You pay a bill at a cash machine or at the counter: what to say in Spanish
You pay a bill at a cash machine or at the counter.
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How it's done. A bill with a barcode can be paid at a cash machine (cajero) or at the bank counter (ventanilla); the counter often takes a small fee if you are not a client.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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YOU START
Quiero pagar este recibo. ¿Puedo hacerlo aquí?
KYEH-roh puh-GAHR ES-teh reh-SEE-boh. Poo-EH-doh uh-SEHR-loh uh-KEE?
I want to pay this bill. Can I do it here?
THEY SAY
Sí, en el cajero, con el código de barras.See, en el kuh-KHEH-roh, kohn el KOH-dee-goh deh BAHR-ruhs.
Yes, at the cash machine, with the barcode.
They might also say:
Sí, acerque el código de barras al lector del cajero.
See, uh-SEHR-keh el KOH-dee-goh deh BAHR-ruhs ahl lek-TOR del kuh-KHEH-roh.
Yes, hold the barcode up to the cash machine's reader.
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YOU REPLY
¿Y si no tengo cuenta en este banco?
Ee see noh TAYN-goh koo-AYN-tuh en ES-teh BAHN-koh?
And if I don't have an account in this bank?
THEY SAY
Entonces puede pagar en ventanilla con una pequeña comisión.Ayn-TOHN-ses poo-EH-deh puh-GAHR en bayn-tuh-NEE-ah kohn OO-nuh peh-KEH-nyuh koh-mee-SYOHN.
Then you can pay at the counter with a small fee.
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YOU FINISH
Vale. Muchas gracias.
BAH-leh. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
OK. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Que tenga buen día.Deh NAH-duh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
You're welcome. Have a good day.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
pagar
puh-GAHR
verb
to pay
recibo
reh-SEE-boh
noun
receipt, bill
hacerlo
uh-SEHR-loh
verb
to do it
aquí
uh-KEE
adverb
here
Sí
See
adverb
yes
27 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you repeat that, please?
¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
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