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You check the meters when moving in: what to say in Spanish
You check the meters on moving in.
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How it's done. On moving in you note the meter readings (contadores) for electricity, water and gas; contracts for services are made from them (dar de alta).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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Aquí tiene las lecturas de los contadores.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh lahs lek-TOO-ruhs deh los kohn-tuh-DOH-res.
Here are the meter readings.
They might also say:
Apunte las lecturas de luz, agua y gas.
Uh-POON-teh lahs lek-TOO-ruhs deh loos, AH-goo-uh ee gahs.
Note the readings for electricity, water and gas.
YOU REPLY
¿Tengo que poner los suministros a mi nombre?
TAYN-goh keh poh-NEHR los soo-mee-NEES-tros uh mee NOM-breh?
Do I have to put the utilities in my name?
THEY SAY
Sí, puede hacerlo por teléfono o por internet.See, poo-EH-deh uh-SEHR-loh por teh-LEH-foh-noh oh por een-tehr-NET.
Yes, you can do it by phone or online.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Lo haré hoy.
GRAH-syuhs. Loh uh-REH oy.
Thanks. I'll do it today.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Cualquier duda, llámeme.Mooy byayn. Koo-uhl-KYEHR DOO-duh, YAH-meh-meh.
Very good. If you have any questions, call me.
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
Aquí
Uh-KEE
adverb
here
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
lecturas
lek-TOO-ruhs
noun
readings
contadores
kohn-tuh-DOH-res
noun
meters
poner
poh-NEHR
verb
to put
suministros
soo-mee-NEES-tros
noun
utilities
23 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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