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You phone a garage to book: what to say in Spanish
You phone the garage to book.
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How it's done. Services: cambio de aceite (oil change), revisión (check-up), frenos (brakes), neumáticos (tyres), batería; ask for a presupuesto (quote).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
Taller Gómez, buenos días.Tuh-EHR GOH-mes, boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs.
Gómez garage, good morning.
YOU REPLY
Buenos días, quisiera pedir cita para un cambio de aceite.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kee-SYEH-ruh peh-DEER SEE-tuh PAH-ruh oon KAHM-byoh deh uh-SAY-teh.
Good morning, I'd like to book an oil change.
THEY SAY
¿Qué coche tiene?Keh KOH-cheh TYEH-neh?
What car do you have?
They might also say:
¿De qué marca y modelo?
Deh keh MAHR-kuh ee moh-DEH-loh?
What make and model?
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YOU REPLY
Un Seat Ibiza del dos mil quince.
Oon Seh-AHT Ee-BEE-suh del dos meel KEEN-seh.
A Seat Ibiza from two thousand and fifteen.
THEY SAY
Puede venir el jueves a las nueve.Poo-EH-deh beh-NEER el khoo-EH-bes uh lahs noo-EH-beh.
You can come on Thursday at nine.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Allí estaré. Gracias.
Pehr-FEK-toh. Igh-EE es-tuh-REH. GRAH-syuhs.
Perfect. I'll be there. Thanks.
THEY SAY
A usted. Hasta el jueves.Uh oos-TED. AHS-tuh el khoo-EH-bes.
Thank you. See you on Thursday.
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
Taller
Tuh-EHR
noun
workshop, garage
buenos
boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
quisiera
kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
pedir
peh-DEER
verb
to ask for, to order
cita
SEE-tuh
noun
appointment
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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
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