Spanish · Urgencias / hospital
The doctor discharges you and gives you a discharge letter: what to say in Spanish
The doctor discharges you and gives you a report.
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How it's done. After emergency care you get an informe de alta (discharge report): keep it and show it to your family doctor; it states the diagnosis and what to do next.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
No tiene nada grave. Le damos el alta con un informe.Noh TYEH-neh NAH-duh GRAH-beh. Leh DAH-mos el AHL-tuh kohn oon een-FOR-meh.
It's nothing serious. We're discharging you with a report.
YOU REPLY
¿Tengo que volver?
TAYN-goh keh bol-BEHR?
Do I have to come back?
THEY SAY
Solo si empeora. Si no, vaya a su médico de cabecera.SOH-loh see em-peh-OH-ruh. See noh, BAH-ah uh soo MEH-dee-koh deh kuh-beh-SEH-ruh.
Only if it gets worse. Otherwise go to your family doctor.
They might also say:
Solo si le empeora. Si no, a su médico de cabecera.
SOH-loh see leh em-peh-OH-ruh. See noh, uh soo MEH-dee-koh deh kuh-beh-SEH-ruh.
Only if it gets worse. Otherwise to your family doctor.
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YOU FINISH
Muy bien. Muchas gracias.
Mooy byayn. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Very well. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Que se mejore.Deh NAH-duh. Keh seh meh-KHOH-reh.
You're welcome. Get well soon.
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
No
Noh
adverb
no
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
grave
GRAH-beh
adjective
serious
damos
DAH-mos
verb
we give
alta
AHL-tuh
noun
registration, enrolment
informe
een-FOR-meh
noun
report
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?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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