Spanish · Farmacia / receta
You collect medicine on an electronic prescription: what to say in Spanish
You collect medicine with an electronic prescription.
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How it's done. Receta electrónica: the doctor puts the prescription in the system and at the pharmacy you show your tarjeta sanitaria; the pharmacist sees what is prescribed and hands it over.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, vengo a recoger unas medicinas con receta electrónica.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, BAYN-goh uh reh-koh-KHEHR OO-nuhs meh-dee-SEE-nuhs kohn reh-SEH-tuh eh-lek-TROH-nee-kuh.
Good morning, I've come for some medicine on an electronic prescription.
THEY SAY
¿Me enseña la tarjeta sanitaria?Meh ayn-SEH-nyuh lah tuhr-KHEH-tuh suh-nee-TAH-ryuh?
May I see your health card?
They might also say:
¿Tiene la tarjeta sanitaria?
TYEH-neh lah tuhr-KHEH-tuh suh-nee-TAH-ryuh?
Do you have the health card?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, aquí tiene.
See, uh-KEE TYEH-neh.
Yes, here you are.
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene el antibiótico y el antiinflamatorio.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh el ahn-tee-BYOH-tee-koh ee el ahn-tee-een-fluh-muh-TOH-ryoh.
Here's the antibiotic and the anti-inflammatory.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. ¿Cómo hay que tomarlos?
GRAH-syuhs. KOH-moh igh keh toh-MAHR-los?
Thanks. How do I take them?
THEY SAY
Lo pone en la caja. El antibiótico cada ocho horas.Loh POH-neh en lah KAH-khuh. El ahn-tee-BYOH-tee-koh KAH-duh OH-choh OH-ruhs.
It says so on the box. The antibiotic every eight hours.
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
vengo
BAYN-goh
verb
I come
recoger
reh-koh-KHEHR
verb
to pick up, to collect
medicinas
meh-dee-SEE-nuhs
noun
medicines
receta
reh-SEH-tuh
noun
prescription
26 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?
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