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You go to an estate agency: what to say in Spanish
You go to a real-estate agency.
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How it's done. An agency (inmobiliaria) may charge a fee (honorarios); since 2023 the owner pays the fee for residential rentals, not the tenant; confirm this.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
Buenos días, busco un piso de alquiler de dos habitaciones.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, BOOS-koh oon PEE-soh deh uhl-kee-LEHR deh dos uh-bee-tuh-SYOH-nes.
Good morning, I'm looking for a two-bedroom flat to rent.
THEY SAY
¿Qué presupuesto tiene?Keh preh-soo-poo-ES-toh TYEH-neh?
What's your budget?
They might also say:
¿Cuánto puede pagar al mes?
Koo-AHN-toh poo-EH-deh puh-GAHR ahl mes?
How much can you pay a month?
2
YOU REPLY
Hasta novecientos euros.
AHS-tuh noh-beh-SYAYN-tos EH-oo-ros.
Up to nine hundred euros.
THEY SAY
Tengo tres pisos que pueden interesarle.TAYN-goh tres PEE-sos keh poo-EH-dayn een-teh-reh-SAHR-leh.
I have three flats that might interest you.
3
YOU REPLY
¿Hay que pagar honorarios a la agencia?
Igh keh puh-GAHR oh-noh-RAH-ryos uh lah uh-KHAYN-syuh?
Do I have to pay the agency a fee?
THEY SAY
No, los honorarios los paga el propietario. Puede ver los pisos mañana.Noh, los oh-noh-RAH-ryos los PAH-guh el proh-pyeh-TAH-ryoh. Poo-EH-deh behr los PEE-sos muh-NYAH-nuh.
No, the owner pays the fees. You can see the flats tomorrow.
4
YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Mañana a las seis, por favor.
Pehr-FEK-toh. Muh-NYAH-nuh uh lahs says, por fuh-BOR.
Perfect. Tomorrow at six, please.
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
busco
BOOS-koh
verb
I look for
piso
PEE-soh
noun
flat
alquiler
uhl-kee-LEHR
noun
rent, rental
habitaciones
uh-bee-tuh-SYOH-nes
noun
rooms
32 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.
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
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