Spanish · Padrón / empadronamiento
You ask for a certificate of registration for the school: what to say in Spanish
You ask for a registration certificate for the school.
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How it's done. The certificado de empadronamiento is usually valid three months; school, doctor, bank and immigration ask for it.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
Buenos días, necesito un certificado de empadronamiento para el colegio.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, neh-seh-SEE-toh oon sehr-tee-fee-KAH-doh deh em-puh-droh-nuh-MYAYN-toh PAH-ruh el koh-LEH-khyoh.
Good morning, I need a registration certificate for the school.
THEY SAY
¿Colectivo o individual?Koh-lek-TEE-boh oh een-dee-bee-doo-AHL?
Collective or individual?
They might also say:
¿Del domicilio o de usted solo?
Del doh-mee-SEE-lyoh oh deh oos-TED SOH-loh?
For the address or just for you?
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YOU REPLY
Colectivo, con toda la familia.
Koh-lek-TEE-boh, kohn TOH-duh lah fuh-MEE-lyuh.
Collective, with the whole family.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene. Es válido durante tres meses.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Es BAH-lee-doh doo-RAHN-teh tres MEH-ses.
Here you are. It's valid for three months.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Que tenga buen día.Deh NAH-duh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
You're welcome. Have a good day.
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
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
necesito
neh-seh-SEE-toh
verb
I need
certificado
sehr-tee-fee-KAH-doh
noun
certificate
empadronamiento
em-puh-droh-nuh-MYAYN-toh
noun
registration at the town hall (padrón)
colegio
koh-LEH-khyoh
noun
school
25 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?
Similar situations
You say you are changing your addressPadrón / empadronamiento · B1 in the app
→You ask for the owner's permission for registrationPadrón / empadronamiento · A2 in the app
→You are asked for the details of everyone living in the flatPadrón / empadronamiento · A2 in the app
→You are told a document is missingPadrón / empadronamiento · B1 in the app
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