Spanish · Ambulancia / accidente
You call an ambulance for a person who is not responding: what to say in Spanish
You call an ambulance for someone who isn't responding.
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How it's done. Words for the ambulance: no responde, no respira, inconsciente, herida, sangre; say Necesito una ambulancia.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
Necesito una ambulancia. Hay un hombre en el suelo y no responde.
Neh-seh-SEE-toh OO-nuh uhm-boo-LAHN-syuh. Igh oon OM-breh en el soo-EH-loh ee noh res-POHN-deh.
I need an ambulance. A man is on the floor and doesn't respond.
THEY SAY
¿Respira? ¿Dónde están?Res-PEE-ruh? DOHN-deh es-TAHN?
Is he breathing? Where are you?
They might also say:
¿Está respirando? Dígame la dirección.
Es-TAH res-pee-RAHN-doh? DEE-guh-meh lah dee-rek-SYOHN.
Is he breathing? Tell me the address.
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YOU REPLY
Sí, respira. En la calle Goya, número doce.
See, res-PEE-ruh. En lah KAH-eh GOH-ah, NOO-meh-roh DOH-seh.
Yes, he's breathing. On calle Goya, number twelve.
THEY SAY
La ambulancia va para allá. No lo mueva.Lah uhm-boo-LAHN-syuh bah PAH-ruh uh-AH. Noh loh moo-EH-buh.
The ambulance is on its way. Don't move him.
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YOU FINISH
Vale, sigo aquí con él.
BAH-leh, SEE-goh uh-KEE kohn el.
OK, I'm still here with him.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. No cuelgue hasta que llegue.Mooy byayn. Noh koo-EL-geh AHS-tuh keh YEH-geh.
Very well. Don't hang up until they arrive.
Words worth knowing
Necesito
Neh-seh-SEE-toh
verb
I need
ambulancia
uhm-boo-LAHN-syuh
noun
ambulance
Hay
Igh
verb
there is, there are
hombre
OM-breh
noun
man
suelo
soo-EH-loh
noun
floor, ground
no
noh
adverb
no
responde
res-POHN-deh
verb
answers, responds
están
es-TAHN
verb
are (they)
Sí
See
adverb
yes
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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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!
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