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You smell gas: what to say in Spanish
You smell gas.
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How it's done. A smell of gas is olor a gas: open windows, don't switch on lights or use flame, leave the building and call 112 or the gas emergency (urgencias de gas).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
Huele a gas en mi casa. Creo que hay una fuga.
WEH-leh uh gahs en mee KAH-suh. KREH-oh keh igh OO-nuh FOO-guh.
It smells of gas in my house. I think there's a leak.
THEY SAY
No encienda luces ni use el teléfono dentro. Salga ahora mismo.Noh ayn-SYAYN-duh LOO-ses nee OO-seh el teh-LEH-foh-noh DAYN-troh. SAHL-guh uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh.
Don't turn on lights or use the phone inside. Leave right now.
They might also say:
Abra las ventanas, no toque interruptores y salga a la calle.
AH-bruh lahs bayn-TAH-nuhs, noh TOH-keh een-tehr-roop-TOH-res ee SAHL-guh uh lah KAH-eh.
Open the windows, don't touch switches and get out to the street.
2
YOU REPLY
Ya estoy en el portal. ¿Qué hago ahora?
Yah es-TOY en el por-TAHL. Keh AH-goh uh-OH-ruh?
I'm already in the entrance. What do I do now?
THEY SAY
Espere a los técnicos. Van en camino.Es-PEH-reh uh los TEK-nee-kos. Bahn en kuh-MEE-noh.
Wait for the technicians. They're on their way.
3
YOU FINISH
Vale. Aquí espero. Gracias.
BAH-leh. Uh-KEE es-PEH-roh. GRAH-syuhs.
OK. I'll wait here. Thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. No entre hasta que lleguen.Deh NAH-duh. Noh AYN-treh AHS-tuh keh YEH-gayn.
You're welcome. Don't go in until they arrive.
Words worth knowing
Huele
WEH-leh
verb
smells
gas
gahs
noun
gas
casa
KAH-suh
noun
house, home
Creo
KREH-oh
verb
I think, I believe
hay
igh
verb
there is, there are
fuga
FOO-guh
noun
leak
No
Noh
adverb
no
encienda
ayn-SYAYN-duh
verb
turn on, light
luces
LOO-ses
noun
lights
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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