Spanish · Dentista / análisis
You report a broken tooth: what to say in Spanish
You report a broken tooth.
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How it's done. A broken or knocked-out tooth is an emergency: keep the fragment in milk or water and see a dentist the same day.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, se me ha roto un diente.
Boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des, seh meh uh ROH-toh oon DYAYN-teh.
Good afternoon, I've broken a tooth.
THEY SAY
¿Cómo ha sido?KOH-moh uh SEE-doh?
How did it happen?
They might also say:
¿Qué ha pasado?
Keh uh puh-SAH-doh?
What happened?
2
YOU REPLY
Mordí algo duro. Y me sangra un poco.
Mor-DEE AHL-goh DOO-roh. Ee meh SAHN-gruh oon POH-koh.
I bit something hard. And it bleeds a little.
THEY SAY
Venga ahora, le atendemos enseguida.BAYN-guh uh-OH-ruh, leh uh-tayn-DEH-mos ayn-seh-GEE-duh.
Come now, we'll see you straight away.
3
YOU FINISH
Voy para allá. Gracias.
Boy PAH-ruh uh-AH. GRAH-syuhs.
I'm on my way. Thanks.
THEY SAY
Aquí le esperamos. Venga con cuidado.Uh-KEE leh es-peh-RAH-mos. BAYN-guh kohn koo-ee-DAH-doh.
We'll be waiting for you here. Take care on the way.
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
ha
uh
verb
has (auxiliary)
roto
ROH-toh
adjective
broken
diente
DYAYN-teh
noun
tooth
sido
SEE-doh
verb
been
22 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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