Spanish · Padrón / empadronamiento
You go to the town hall to register your address: what to say in Spanish
You go to the town hall to register your address.
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How it's done. Empadronamiento (padrón) is the register of residents of a municipality: you need ID, your passport and a rental contract or the owner's authorisation; the certificate (certificado) is needed for school, doctor and many services.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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YOU START
Buenos días, vengo a empadronarme.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, BAYN-goh uh em-puh-droh-NAHR-meh.
Good morning, I've come to register at my address.
THEY SAY
¿Lleva el pasaporte y el contrato de alquiler?YEH-buh el puh-suh-POR-teh ee el kohn-TRAH-toh deh uhl-kee-LEHR?
Do you have your passport and the rental contract?
They might also say:
¿Trae el pasaporte y el contrato de alquiler?
TRAH-eh el puh-suh-POR-teh ee el kohn-TRAH-toh deh uhl-kee-LEHR?
Have you brought the passport and the rental contract?
2
YOU REPLY
Sí, aquí los tengo.
See, uh-KEE los TAYN-goh.
Yes, here they are.
THEY SAY
Rellene esta hoja con los datos de todas las personas que viven en la casa.Reh-EH-neh ES-tuh OH-khuh kohn los DAH-tos deh TOH-duhs lahs pehr-SOH-nuhs keh BEE-bayn en lah KAH-suh.
Fill in this form with the details of everyone living in the flat.
3
YOU FINISH
Vale. ¿Cuándo me dan el certificado?
BAH-leh. Koo-AHN-doh meh dahn el sehr-tee-fee-KAH-doh?
OK. When will you give me the certificate?
THEY SAY
Se lo damos ahora mismo.Seh loh DAH-mos uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh.
We'll give it to you right now.
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
vengo
BAYN-goh
verb
I come
empadronarme
em-puh-droh-NAHR-meh
verb
to register at the town hall
pasaporte
puh-suh-POR-teh
noun
passport
contrato
kohn-TRAH-toh
noun
contract
31 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
You ask for a certificate of registration for the schoolPadrón / empadronamiento · A2 in the app
→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
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