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You swap tyres for winter or summer ones: what to say in Spanish
You change tyres to winter or summer ones.
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How it's done. In Spain winter tyres are usually not obligatory except on mountain roads with a sign; neumáticos de invierno are winter ones, todo tiempo all-season.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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1
YOU START
Voy a viajar a los Pirineos. ¿Necesito neumáticos de invierno?
Boy uh byuh-KHAHR uh los Pee-ree-NEH-os. Neh-seh-SEE-toh neh-oo-MAH-tee-kos deh een-BYEHR-noh?
I'm going to the Pyrenees. Do I need winter tyres?
THEY SAY
Para la nieve conviene llevar cadenas o neumáticos de invierno.PAH-ruh lah NYEH-beh kohn-BYEH-neh yeh-BAHR kuh-DEH-nuhs oh neh-oo-MAH-tee-kos deh een-BYEHR-noh.
For snow it's advisable to carry chains or winter tyres.
They might also say:
Mejor lleve cadenas o neumáticos de invierno.
Meh-KHOR YEH-beh kuh-DEH-nuhs oh neh-oo-MAH-tee-kos deh een-BYEHR-noh.
Better take chains or winter tyres.
2
YOU REPLY
¿Venden cadenas?
BAYN-dayn kuh-DEH-nuhs?
Do you sell chains?
THEY SAY
Sí, aquí las tenemos.See, uh-KEE lahs teh-NEH-mos.
Yes, here we have them.
3
YOU FINISH
Entonces póngame unas cadenas, por favor.
Ayn-TOHN-ses POHN-guh-meh OO-nuhs kuh-DEH-nuhs, por fuh-BOR.
Then give me some chains, please.
THEY SAY
Claro. ¿Qué medida de rueda tiene?KLAH-roh. Keh meh-DEE-duh deh roo-EH-duh TYEH-neh?
Of course. What tyre size do you have?
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This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
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Words worth knowing
Voy
Boy
verb
I go
viajar
byuh-KHAHR
verb
to travel
neumáticos
neh-oo-MAH-tee-kos
noun
tyres
invierno
een-BYEHR-noh
noun
winter
nieve
NYEH-beh
noun
snow
conviene
kohn-BYEH-neh
verb
suits, is advisable
22 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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