Spanish · Seguridad Social / SEPE
You ask how to renew your jobseeker card: what to say in Spanish
You ask how to renew the job seeker's card.
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How it's done. The renewal of the card is renovación de la demanda: do it on the dates shown on the website or in the SMS; missing it may cancel registration.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
Me ha llegado un mensaje de que tengo que renovar la demanda.
Meh uh yeh-GAH-doh oon mayn-SAH-kheh deh keh TAYN-goh keh reh-noh-BAHR lah deh-MAHN-duh.
I got a message that I have to renew the card.
THEY SAY
Sí, puede hacerlo por internet o por teléfono.See, poo-EH-deh uh-SEHR-loh por een-tehr-NET oh por teh-LEH-foh-noh.
Yes, you can do it online or by phone.
They might also say:
Sí, lo puede hacer desde la web o llamando.
See, loh poo-EH-deh uh-SEHR DEZ-deh lah web oh yuh-MAHN-doh.
Yes, you can do it on the website or by calling.
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YOU REPLY
¿Qué fecha tengo que hacerlo?
Keh FEH-chuh TAYN-goh keh uh-SEHR-loh?
By what date do I have to do it?
THEY SAY
Mire el mensaje: pone la fecha exacta.MEE-reh el mayn-SAH-kheh: POH-neh lah FEH-chuh ek-SAHK-tuh.
Look at the message: it gives the exact date.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias.
GRAH-syuhs.
Thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. No se olvide de renovarla a tiempo.Deh NAH-duh. Noh seh ol-BEE-deh deh reh-noh-BAHR-luh uh TYEHM-poh.
You're welcome. Don't forget to renew it on time.
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.
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Words worth knowing
ha
uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
llegado
yeh-GAH-doh
verb
arrived
mensaje
mayn-SAH-kheh
noun
message
tengo
TAYN-goh
verb
I have
renovar
reh-noh-BAHR
verb
to renew
demanda
deh-MAHN-duh
noun
demand
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?
¿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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