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You send a parcel to Ukraine: what to say in Spanish
You send a parcel to Ukraine.
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How it's done. A parcel outside the EU needs a customs declaration (declaración de aduanas): describe the contents and value; ask on the spot about prohibited items.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 enviar un paquete a Ucrania. Es ropa y algunos libros.
KYEH-roh ayn-BYAHR oon puh-KEH-teh uh Oo-KRAH-nyuh. Es ROH-puh ee uhl-GOO-nos LEE-bros.
I want to send a parcel to Ukraine. It's clothes and some books.
THEY SAY
Tiene que rellenar la declaración de aduanas. ¿Cuánto vale todo?TYEH-neh keh reh-eh-NAHR lah deh-kluh-ruh-SYOHN deh uh-doo-AH-nuhs. Koo-AHN-toh BAH-leh TOH-doh?
You have to fill in the customs declaration. How much is it all worth?
They might also say:
Hay que rellenar este formulario de aduanas. ¿Qué valor tiene el contenido?
Igh keh reh-eh-NAHR ES-teh for-moo-LAH-ryoh deh uh-doo-AH-nuhs. Keh buh-LOR TYEH-neh el kohn-teh-NEE-doh?
You have to fill in this customs form. What is the value of the contents?
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YOU REPLY
Unos cien euros, más o menos.
OO-nos syayn EH-oo-ros, mahs oh MEH-nos.
About a hundred euros, more or less.
THEY SAY
Vale. Son treinta y cinco euros y tarda unos diez días.BAH-leh. Sohn TRAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koh EH-oo-ros ee TAHR-duh OO-nos dyehs DEE-uhs.
OK. It's thirty-five euros and takes about ten days.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Gracias.
Pehr-FEK-toh. GRAH-syuhs.
Perfect. Thank you.
THEY SAY
A usted. Guarde el resguardo para el seguimiento.Uh oos-TED. Goo-AHR-deh el rez-goo-AHR-doh PAH-ruh el seh-gee-MYAYN-toh.
Thank you. Keep the receipt to track it.
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
enviar
ayn-BYAHR
verb
to send
paquete
puh-KEH-teh
noun
parcel, packet
Es
Es
verb
is
ropa
ROH-puh
noun
clothes
libros
LEE-bros
noun
books
34 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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