Spanish · Especialista / volante
You phone the hospital to book a specialist: what to say in Spanish
You phone the hospital about the specialist appointment.
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How it's done. The appointment number at the hospital is the número de cita; when asked ¿Para qué especialidad? you answer with the name: traumatología, cardiología, ginecología.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Hospital, ¿en qué puedo ayudarle?Os-pee-TAHL, en keh poo-EH-doh uh-oo-DAHR-leh?
Hospital, how can I help you?
YOU REPLY
Buenos días, llamo por una cita de traumatología.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, YAH-moh por OO-nuh SEE-tuh deh trow-muh-toh-loh-KHEE-uh.
Good morning, I'm calling about a traumatology appointment.
THEY SAY
¿A nombre de quién?Uh NOM-breh deh kyayn?
In whose name?
They might also say:
¿Me dice su nombre?
Meh DEE-seh soo NOM-breh?
May I have your name?
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YOU REPLY
Olena Kovalenko.
Oh-LEH-nuh Koh-VAH-layn-koh.
Olena Kovalenko.
THEY SAY
Tiene cita el veinte de noviembre a las doce.TYEH-neh SEE-tuh el BAYN-teh deh noh-BYEHM-breh uh lahs DOH-seh.
You have an appointment on the twentieth of November at twelve.
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YOU FINISH
Muy bien, gracias.
Mooy byayn, GRAH-syuhs.
Very well, thank you.
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
Hospital
Os-pee-TAHL
noun
hospital
puedo
poo-EH-doh
verb
I can
ayudarle
uh-oo-DAHR-leh
verb
to help you
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
llamo
YAH-moh
verb
I call
20 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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