Spanish · Padrón / empadronamiento
You say you are changing your address: what to say in Spanish
You say you are changing your address.
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How it's done. When moving within a municipality you update your address in the padrón; moving to another city, you register at the new place and the old one is cancelled automatically.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 he mudado de piso y quiero cambiar el domicilio en el padrón.
Meh eh moo-DAH-doh deh PEE-soh ee KYEH-roh kuhm-BYAHR el doh-mee-SEE-lyoh en el puh-DROHN.
I've moved flat and want to change my address in the register.
THEY SAY
¿Dónde vive ahora?DOHN-deh BEE-beh uh-OH-ruh?
Where do you live now?
They might also say:
¿Cuál es su nueva dirección?
Koo-AHL es soo noo-EH-buh dee-rek-SYOHN?
What is your new address?
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YOU REPLY
En la calle Goya, número doce. Aquí tengo el contrato nuevo.
En lah KAH-eh GOH-ah, NOO-meh-roh DOH-seh. Uh-KEE TAYN-goh el kohn-TRAH-toh noo-EH-boh.
On Calle Goya, number twelve. Here's the new contract.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Firme aquí.Pehr-FEK-toh. FEER-meh uh-KEE.
Fine. Sign here.
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YOU FINISH
¿Tengo que hacer algo más?
TAYN-goh keh uh-SEHR AHL-goh mahs?
Do I have to do anything else?
THEY SAY
No, ya está. Se actualiza hoy.Noh, yah es-TAH. Seh uhk-too-uh-LEE-suh oy.
No, that's it. It updates today.
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
he
eh
verb
I have (auxiliary)
mudado
moo-DAH-doh
verb
moved
piso
PEE-soh
noun
flat
quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
cambiar
kuhm-BYAHR
verb
to change, to exchange
domicilio
doh-mee-SEE-lyoh
noun
home address
29 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?
Similar situations
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
→You go to the town hall to register your addressPadrón / empadronamiento · A2 in the app
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