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A tow truck took your car: what to say in Spanish
Your car has been towed away.
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How it's done. If your car was towed (grúa) phone the local police (policía local): they tell where the depot is; you pay the fee and fine; take ID and the car papers.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
Buenas tardes, mi coche no está donde lo dejé. ¿Se lo ha llevado la grúa?
Boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des, mee KOH-cheh noh es-TAH DOHN-deh loh deh-KHEH. Seh loh uh yeh-BAH-doh lah GROO-uh?
Good afternoon, my car isn't where I left it. Has the tow truck taken it?
THEY SAY
¿Cuál es la matrícula? Un momento.Koo-AHL es lah muh-TREE-koo-luh? Oon moh-MAYN-toh.
What's the registration? One moment.
They might also say:
Dígame la matrícula, por favor. Voy a comprobarlo.
DEE-guh-meh lah muh-TREE-koo-luh, por fuh-BOR. Boy uh kom-proh-BAHR-loh.
Tell me the registration, please. I'll check.
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YOU REPLY
Es esta.
Es ES-tuh.
It's this one.
THEY SAY
Sí, está en el depósito de la calle Industria.See, es-TAH en el deh-POH-see-toh deh lah KAH-eh Een-DOOS-tryuh.
Yes, it's at the depot on calle Industria.
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YOU FINISH
¿Qué tengo que llevar para recogerlo?
Keh TAYN-goh keh yeh-BAHR PAH-ruh reh-koh-KHEHR-loh?
What do I need to bring to pick it up?
THEY SAY
El permiso de circulación, el seguro y su documento de identidad.El pehr-MEE-soh deh seer-koo-luh-SYOHN, el seh-GOO-roh ee soo doh-koo-MAYN-toh deh ee-dayn-tee-DAHD.
The registration certificate, the insurance and your ID.
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
Buenas
Boo-EH-nuhs
adjective
good (feminine plural)
tardes
TAHR-des
noun
afternoons, evenings
coche
KOH-cheh
noun
car
no
noh
adverb
no
está
es-TAH
verb
is, is located
donde
DOHN-deh
adverb
where
31 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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
¿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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