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You bring your child to the children's dentist: what to say in Spanish
You bring a child to the paediatric dentist.
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How it's done. In many regions children get a free dental check in the public system (PADI or similar programmes); ask at the centro de salud how to book.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, traigo a mi hijo para la revisión.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, TRIGH-goh uh mee EE-khoh PAH-ruh lah reh-bee-SYOHN.
Good morning, I've brought my son for the check-up.
THEY SAY
Hola, guapo. ¿Cómo te llamas?OH-luh, goo-AH-poh. KOH-moh teh YAH-muhs?
Hi there. What's your name?
They might also say:
Hola, campeón. ¿Cómo te llamas?
OH-luh, kuhm-peh-OHN. KOH-moh teh YAH-muhs?
Hi, champ. What's your name?
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YOU REPLY
Dile tu nombre, Maks.
DEE-leh too NOM-breh, Mahks.
Tell your name, Maks.
THEY SAY
Muy bien, Maks. Abre la boca como un cocodrilo.Mooy byayn, Mahks. AH-breh lah BOH-kuh KOH-moh oon koh-koh-DREE-loh.
Very good, Maks. Open your mouth like a crocodile.
3
YOU REPLY
¿Tiene alguna caries?
TYEH-neh uhl-GOO-nuh KAH-ryehs?
Does he have any cavities?
THEY SAY
No, tiene los dientes perfectos.Noh, TYEH-neh los DYAYN-tes pehr-FEK-tos.
No, he has perfect teeth.
4
YOU FINISH
Menos mal. Gracias.
MEH-nos mahl. GRAH-syuhs.
What a relief. Thanks.
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
traigo
TRIGH-goh
verb
I bring
hijo
EE-khoh
noun
son
revisión
reh-bee-SYOHN
noun
check-up, inspection
guapo
goo-AH-poh
adjective
handsome, nice-looking
28 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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