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You call an ambulance through 112: what to say in Spanish
You call an ambulance via 112.
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How it's done. The emergency number is 112 (free, 24 hours); the operator asks what happened, the address and whether the person is breathing; do not hang up until told.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Emergencias, ciento doce. ¿Qué ha ocurrido?Eh-mehr-KHAYN-syuhs, SYAYN-toh DOH-seh. Keh uh oh-koor-REE-doh?
Emergencies, one-one-two. What has happened?
YOU REPLY
Mi padre se ha desmayado. Necesito una ambulancia.
Mee PAH-dreh seh uh dez-muh-AH-doh. Neh-seh-SEE-toh OO-nuh uhm-boo-LAHN-syuh.
My father has fainted. I need an ambulance.
THEY SAY
¿Dónde están? Dígame la dirección.DOHN-deh es-TAHN? DEE-guh-meh lah dee-rek-SYOHN.
Where are you? Tell me the address.
They might also say:
¿Cuál es la dirección?
Koo-AHL es lah dee-rek-SYOHN?
What's the address?
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YOU REPLY
Calle Mayor, número doce, tercer piso.
KAH-eh Migh-OR, NOO-meh-roh DOH-seh, tehr-SEHR PEE-soh.
Calle Mayor, number twelve, third floor.
THEY SAY
¿Respira? Quédese con él, la ambulancia va para allá.Res-PEE-ruh? KEH-deh-seh kohn el, lah uhm-boo-LAHN-syuh bah PAH-ruh uh-AH.
Is he breathing? Stay with him, the ambulance is on its way.
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YOU FINISH
Sí, respira. No me muevo de aquí.
See, res-PEE-ruh. Noh meh moo-EH-boh deh uh-KEE.
Yes, he's breathing. I'm not leaving.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Los sanitarios llegarán en pocos minutos.Pehr-FEK-toh. Los suh-nee-TAH-ryos yeh-guh-RAHN en POH-kos mee-NOO-tos.
Perfect. The paramedics will be there in a few minutes.
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
Emergencias
Eh-mehr-KHAYN-syuhs
noun
emergencies
ha
uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
ocurrido
oh-koor-REE-doh
verb
happened
padre
PAH-dreh
noun
father
desmayado
dez-muh-AH-doh
verb
fainted
Necesito
Neh-seh-SEE-toh
verb
I need
35 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.
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!
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