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You put the electricity in your name: what to say in Spanish
You put the electricity in your name.
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How it's done. For an electricity contract (alta de luz) you need a passport, the address, a bank account (IBAN) and the supply point number (CUPS) found on earlier bills.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
Servicio de atención al cliente, buenos días.Sehr-BEE-syoh deh uh-tayn-SYOHN ahl KLYAYN-teh, boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs.
Customer service, good morning.
YOU REPLY
Buenos días, quiero dar de alta la luz en mi nuevo piso.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, KYEH-roh dahr deh AHL-tuh lah loos en mee noo-EH-boh PEE-soh.
Good morning, I want to put the electricity in my new flat in my name.
THEY SAY
¿Tiene el CUPS y su número de cuenta?TYEH-neh el Koops ee soo NOO-meh-roh deh koo-AYN-tuh?
Do you have the CUPS and your account number?
They might also say:
¿Me dice el CUPS y su IBAN?
Meh DEE-seh el Koops ee soo EE-bahn?
Can you tell me the CUPS and your IBAN?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, el CUPS es este. Y mi IBAN es este.
See, el Koops es ES-teh. Ee mee EE-bahn es ES-teh.
Yes, the CUPS is this one. And my IBAN is this one.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. En uno o dos días estará dada de alta.Pehr-FEK-toh. En OO-noh oh dos DEE-uhs es-tuh-RAH DAH-duh deh AHL-tuh.
Perfect. In a day or two it will be active.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
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
Servicio
Sehr-BEE-syoh
noun
service
atención
uh-tayn-SYOHN
noun
attention
cliente
KLYAYN-teh
noun
customer
buenos
boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
28 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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