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You fill up and pay at the till: what to say in Spanish
You fill up the car and pay at the till.
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How it's done. Spanish petrol stations have self-service (pay at the pump by card) and a till: you give the pump number or say lleno (full tank); petrol is gasolina (95 or 98), diesel diésel or gasóleo.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Buenas tardes. ¿Qué surtidor?Boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des. Keh soor-tee-DOR?
Good afternoon. Which pump?
They might also say:
Hola. ¿En qué surtidor ha repostado?
OH-luh. En keh soor-tee-DOR uh reh-pos-TAH-doh?
Hello. Which pump did you fill at?
YOU REPLY
El número tres. Gasolina noventa y cinco, cuarenta euros.
El NOO-meh-roh tres. Guh-soh-LEE-nuh noh-BAYN-tuh ee SEEN-koh, koo-uh-RAYN-tuh EH-oo-ros.
Number three. Ninety-five petrol, forty euros.
THEY SAY
¿Paga con tarjeta o en efectivo?PAH-guh kohn tuhr-KHEH-tuh oh en eh-fek-TEE-boh?
Do you pay by card or cash?
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YOU REPLY
Con tarjeta, por favor.
Kohn tuhr-KHEH-tuh, por fuh-BOR.
By card, please.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Aquí tiene el recibo.Mooy byayn. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh el reh-SEE-boh.
Very well. Here is your receipt.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Hasta luego.
GRAH-syuhs. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thanks. See you later.
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
surtidor
soor-tee-DOR
noun
petrol pump
número
NOO-meh-roh
noun
number
Gasolina
Guh-soh-LEE-nuh
noun
petrol
euros
EH-oo-ros
noun
euros
21 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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