Spanish · Centro de salud / médico de cabecera
You are at the clinic for the first time and ask to be registered: what to say in Spanish
It is your first time at the health centre and you ask to be registered for a health card.
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How it's done. To get the tarjeta sanitaria individual you need an identity document, the certificado de empadronamiento and your social security number (número de afiliación).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, quisiera la tarjeta sanitaria. Soy nuevo en la ciudad.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kee-SYEH-ruh lah tuhr-KHEH-tuh suh-nee-TAH-ryuh. Soy noo-EH-boh en lah syoo-DAHD.
Good morning, I'd like the health card. I'm new in the city.
Speaking as:
THEY SAY
¿Tiene el pasaporte y el volante de empadronamiento?TYEH-neh el puh-suh-POR-teh ee el boh-LAHN-teh deh em-puh-droh-nuh-MYAYN-toh?
Do you have your passport and the registration certificate?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, aquí los tengo.
See, uh-KEE los TAYN-goh.
Yes, here they are.
THEY SAY
¿Y el número de la Seguridad Social?Ee el NOO-meh-roh deh lah Seh-goo-ree-DAHD Soh-SYAHL?
And the Social Security number?
They might also say:
¿Tiene también el número de afiliación?
TYEH-neh tuhm-BYAYN el NOO-meh-roh deh uh-fee-lyuh-SYOHN?
Do you also have the affiliation number?
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YOU FINISH
Aquí está.
Uh-KEE es-TAH.
Here it is.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. En unos días le llegará la tarjeta a casa.Pehr-FEK-toh. En OO-nos DEE-uhs leh yeh-guh-RAH lah tuhr-KHEH-tuh uh KAH-suh.
Fine. The card will arrive at your home in a few days.
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
quisiera
kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
tarjeta
tuhr-KHEH-tuh
noun
card
sanitaria
suh-nee-TAH-ryuh
adjective
health (feminine)
Soy
Soy
verb
I am
24 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?
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