Spanish · Centro de salud / médico de cabecera
You book your child in with the paediatrician: what to say in Spanish
You book your child with the paediatrician.
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How it's done. Children up to fourteen are seen by the paediatrician (pediatra) at the centro de salud; you book under the parent's name and show the child's tarjeta sanitaria.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, quisiera una cita con el pediatra para mi hija.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kee-SYEH-ruh OO-nuh SEE-tuh kohn el peh-DYAH-truh PAH-ruh mee EE-khuh.
Good morning, I'd like an appointment with the paediatrician for my daughter.
THEY SAY
¿Cuántos años tiene?Koo-AHN-tos AH-nyos TYEH-neh?
How old is she?
They might also say:
¿Qué edad tiene?
Keh eh-DAHD TYEH-neh?
What age is she?
2
YOU REPLY
Cuatro años.
Koo-AH-troh AH-nyos.
Four years old.
THEY SAY
Tiene hueco mañana a las nueve y media.TYEH-neh WEH-koh muh-NYAH-nuh uh lahs noo-EH-beh ee MEH-dyuh.
There's a slot tomorrow at half past nine.
3
YOU FINISH
Perfecto, gracias.
Pehr-FEK-toh, GRAH-syuhs.
Perfect, thank you.
THEY SAY
De nada. Traiga la cartilla de vacunas.Deh NAH-duh. TRIGH-guh lah kuhr-TEE-ah deh buh-KOO-nuhs.
You're welcome. Bring the vaccination record.
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
cita
SEE-tuh
noun
appointment
pediatra
peh-DYAH-truh
noun
paediatrician
hija
EE-khuh
noun
daughter
23 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?
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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