Spanish · Especialista / volante
You have been prescribed an X-ray and ask how to prepare: what to say in Spanish
You have an X-ray and ask how to prepare.
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How it's done. For an X-ray (radiografía) you take the request and your ID; jewellery comes off, and pregnancy must be mentioned beforehand.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
Buenas tardes, vengo para una radiografía de tórax.
Boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des, BAYN-goh PAH-ruh OO-nuh ruh-dyoh-gruh-FEE-uh deh TOH-ruhks.
Good afternoon, I'm here for a chest X-ray.
THEY SAY
¿Tiene el volante?TYEH-neh el boh-LAHN-teh?
Do you have the referral?
They might also say:
¿Trae la orden del médico?
TRAH-eh lah OR-dayn del MEH-dee-koh?
Have you got the doctor's order?
2
YOU REPLY
Sí, aquí está.
See, uh-KEE es-TAH.
Yes, here it is.
THEY SAY
Pase a la cabina y quítese la camiseta y las joyas.PAH-seh uh lah kuh-BEE-nuh ee KEE-teh-seh lah kuh-mee-SEH-tuh ee lahs KHOH-ahs.
Go into the booth and take off your T-shirt and jewellery.
3
YOU REPLY
Vale.
BAH-leh.
OK.
THEY SAY
Ahora respire hondo y no se mueva.Uh-OH-ruh res-PEE-reh OHN-doh ee noh seh moo-EH-buh.
Now take a deep breath and don't move.
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YOU FINISH
De acuerdo.
Deh uh-koo-EHR-doh.
All right.
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
Buenas
Boo-EH-nuhs
adjective
good (feminine plural)
tardes
TAHR-des
noun
afternoons, evenings
vengo
BAYN-goh
verb
I come
radiografía
ruh-dyoh-gruh-FEE-uh
noun
X-ray
tórax
TOH-ruhks
noun
chest, thorax
volante
boh-LAHN-teh
noun
form, slip
24 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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