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You report violence or threats: what to say in Spanish
You report violence or threats.
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How it's done. In cases of violence or threats call 112 or 016 (the victims' helpline, which leaves no trace on the bill); free help and protection exist; say about the danger at once.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
Quiero denunciar que mi pareja me ha amenazado. Tengo miedo.
KYEH-roh deh-noon-SYAHR keh mee puh-REH-khuh meh uh uh-meh-nuh-SAH-doh. TAYN-goh MYEH-doh.
I want to report that my partner has threatened me. I'm afraid.
THEY SAY
Hace bien en venir. Está a salvo aquí. Siéntese.AH-seh byayn en beh-NEER. Es-TAH uh SAHL-boh uh-KEE. SYAYN-teh-seh.
You did well to come. You're safe here. Sit down.
They might also say:
Ha hecho bien en venir. Aquí está segura. Siéntese, por favor.
Uh EH-choh byayn en beh-NEER. Uh-KEE es-TAH seh-GOO-ruh. SYAYN-teh-seh, por fuh-BOR.
You did well to come. You're safe here. Please sit down.
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YOU REPLY
Gracias. ¿Puedo hablar con una mujer?
GRAH-syuhs. Poo-EH-doh uh-BLAHR kohn OO-nuh moo-KHEHR?
Thank you. Can I talk to a woman?
THEY SAY
Sí, ahora viene una agente.See, uh-OH-ruh BYEH-neh OO-nuh uh-KHAYN-teh.
Yes, a female officer is coming now.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Aquí está a salvo.Deh NAH-duh. Uh-KEE es-TAH uh SAHL-boh.
You're welcome. You are safe here.
Words worth knowing
Quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
denunciar
deh-noon-SYAHR
verb
to report (to the police)
pareja
puh-REH-khuh
noun
partner, couple
ha
uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
amenazado
uh-meh-nuh-SAH-doh
verb
threatened
Tengo
TAYN-goh
verb
I have
miedo
MYEH-doh
noun
fear
Hace
AH-seh
verb
makes, does
bien
byayn
adverb
well, fine
All the 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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
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