Spanish · Centro de salud / médico de cabecera
You want a flu jab: what to say in Spanish
You want a flu vaccination.
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How it's done. The flu shot in autumn is free for older people and risk groups; you book at the centro de salud, pharmacies do not usually give it.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, quería vacunarme contra la gripe.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, keh-REE-uh buh-koo-NAHR-meh KOHN-truh lah GREE-peh.
Good morning, I'd like to get the flu vaccine.
THEY SAY
¿Pertenece a algún grupo de riesgo?Pehr-teh-NEH-seh uh uhl-GOON GROO-poh deh RYEHZ-goh?
Do you belong to a risk group?
They might also say:
¿Es usted población de riesgo?
Es oos-TED poh-bluh-SYOHN deh RYEHZ-goh?
Are you in a risk group?
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YOU REPLY
No, pero trabajo con niños.
Noh, PEH-roh truh-BAH-khoh kohn NEE-nyos.
No, but I work with children.
THEY SAY
Entonces puede vacunarse el martes por la tarde.Ayn-TOHN-ses poo-EH-deh buh-koo-NAHR-seh el MAHR-tes por lah TAHR-deh.
Then you can get vaccinated on Tuesday afternoon.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto, gracias.
Pehr-FEK-toh, GRAH-syuhs.
Perfect, thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Venga con su tarjeta sanitaria.Deh NAH-duh. BAYN-guh kohn soo tuhr-KHEH-tuh suh-nee-TAH-ryuh.
You're welcome. Come with your health card.
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
quería
keh-REE-uh
verb
I wanted
vacunarme
buh-koo-NAHR-meh
verb
to get vaccinated
gripe
GREE-peh
noun
flu
grupo
GROO-poh
noun
group
25 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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