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A tap in the flat is leaking: what to say in Spanish
A tap leaks in the flat.
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How it's done. If water is leaking close the main stopcock (llave de paso) and tell the owner or insurer; mop up and photograph the damage.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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1
YOU START
Hola, tengo una fuga de agua en el baño.
OH-luh, TAYN-goh OO-nuh FOO-guh deh AH-goo-uh en el BAH-nyoh.
Hello, I have a water leak in the bathroom.
THEY SAY
Cierre la llave de paso. Voy ahora mismo.SYEHR-reh lah YAH-beh deh PAH-soh. Boy uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh.
Close the stopcock. I'm coming right now.
They might also say:
Cierre la llave de paso general. Llamo al fontanero.
SYEHR-reh lah YAH-beh deh PAH-soh kheh-neh-RAHL. YAH-moh ahl fohn-tuh-NEH-roh.
Close the main stopcock. I'll call the plumber.
2
YOU REPLY
¿Dónde está la llave?
DOHN-deh es-TAH lah YAH-beh?
Where is the stopcock?
THEY SAY
Debajo del fregadero, a la derecha.Deh-BAH-khoh del freh-guh-DEH-roh, uh lah deh-REH-chuh.
Under the sink, on the right.
3
YOU FINISH
Ya la he cerrado. ¡Venga pronto, por favor!
Yah lah eh sehr-RAH-doh. BAYN-guh PROHN-toh, por fuh-BOR!
I've closed it. Please come soon!
THEY SAY
Voy para allá. Diez minutos.Boy PAH-ruh uh-AH. Dyehs mee-NOO-tos.
I'm on my way. Ten minutes.
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
tengo
TAYN-goh
verb
I have
fuga
FOO-guh
noun
leak
agua
AH-goo-uh
noun
water
baño
BAH-nyoh
noun
bathroom
Cierre
SYEHR-reh
verb
close
llave
YAH-beh
noun
key
26 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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