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You set up a direct debit for electricity: what to say in Spanish
You set up an automatic payment for electricity.
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How it's done. A direct debit is a domiciliación: you give the bank the contract number and bills for electricity, water or internet pay themselves; money can be recovered if a debit is wrong.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 domiciliar el recibo de la luz en esta cuenta.
KYEH-roh doh-mee-see-LYAHR el reh-SEE-boh deh lah loos en ES-tuh koo-AYN-tuh.
I want to set up the electricity bill as a direct debit on this account.
THEY SAY
Necesito el nombre de la compañía y su número de contrato.Neh-seh-SEE-toh el NOM-breh deh lah kom-puh-NEE-uh ee soo NOO-meh-roh deh kohn-TRAH-toh.
I need the company name and your contract number.
They might also say:
¿Me da el nombre de la compañía eléctrica y el número de contrato?
Meh duh el NOM-breh deh lah kom-puh-NEE-uh eh-LEK-tree-kuh ee el NOO-meh-roh deh kohn-TRAH-toh?
Can you give me the electricity company's name and the contract number?
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YOU REPLY
Es Endesa y el número de contrato está en la factura.
Es Ayn-DEH-suh ee el NOO-meh-roh deh kohn-TRAH-toh es-TAH en lah fuhk-TOO-ruh.
It's Endesa and the contract number is on the bill.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Desde el próximo mes se cargará automáticamente.Pehr-FEK-toh. DEZ-deh el PROK-see-moh mes seh kuhr-guh-RAH ow-toh-MAH-tee-kuh-mayn-teh.
Perfect. From next month it will be charged automatically.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias, muy amable.
GRAH-syuhs, mooy uh-MAH-bleh.
Thanks, very kind.
THEY SAY
Con mucho gusto. Que tenga buen día.Kohn MOO-choh GOOS-toh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
My pleasure. Have a good day.
They might also say:
De nada, para eso estamos.
Deh NAH-duh, PAH-ruh EH-soh es-TAH-mos.
You're welcome, that's what we're here for.
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
domiciliar
doh-mee-see-LYAHR
verb
to set up as a direct debit
recibo
reh-SEE-boh
noun
receipt, bill
luz
loos
noun
light
cuenta
koo-AYN-tuh
noun
account
Necesito
Neh-seh-SEE-toh
verb
I need
32 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?
Similar situations
There is a payment on your statement that you do not recognisePagos / transferencia · B1 in the app
→You pay cash into your accountPagos / transferencia · A2 in the app
→You send money to a friend through BizumPagos / transferencia · A2 in the app
→You pay a bill at a cash machine or at the counterPagos / transferencia · A2 in the app
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