Spanish · Centro de salud / médico de cabecera
You arrive for your appointment and give your surname at reception: what to say in Spanish
You arrive at the appointment and give your name at the desk.
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How it's done. You arrive a few minutes before the time and show your tarjeta sanitaria; in the waiting room you greet everyone (buenos días) and wait outside the surgery until you are called.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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1
YOU START
Buenos días, tengo cita con la doctora Martínez a las diez.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, TAYN-goh SEE-tuh kohn lah dok-TOH-ruh Muhr-TEE-nes uh lahs dyehs.
Good morning, I have an appointment with Dr Martínez at ten.
THEY SAY
¿Su nombre, por favor?Soo NOM-breh, por fuh-BOR?
Your name, please?
They might also say:
¿A nombre de quién está la cita?
Uh NOM-breh deh kyayn es-TAH lah SEE-tuh?
Whose name is the appointment in?
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YOU REPLY
Me llamo Olena Kovalenko.
Meh YAH-moh Oh-LEH-nuh Koh-VAH-layn-koh.
My name is Olena Kovalenko.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Siéntese, le llamarán enseguida.Pehr-FEK-toh. SYAYN-teh-seh, leh yuh-muh-RAHN ayn-seh-GEE-duh.
Fine. Take a seat, they will call you in a moment.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias.
GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you.
THEY SAY
De nada. Ya le llamarán.Deh NAH-duh. Yah leh yuh-muh-RAHN.
You're welcome. They'll call you soon.
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
tengo
TAYN-goh
verb
I have
cita
SEE-tuh
noun
appointment
doctora
dok-TOH-ruh
noun
doctor (female)
nombre
NOM-breh
noun
name
21 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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