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You ask about a nursery place when none is free: what to say in Spanish
You ask about a place when there are none free.
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How it's done. Lista de espera is the waiting list; ask what your number is and when they might call; leave your phone number.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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YOU START
¿Hay alguna plaza libre este curso?
Igh uhl-GOO-nuh PLAH-suh LEE-breh ES-teh KOOR-soh?
Is there any place free this year?
THEY SAY
Ahora mismo no, pero puede apuntarse en la lista de espera.Uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh noh, PEH-roh poo-EH-deh uh-poon-TAHR-seh en lah LEES-tuh deh es-PEH-ruh.
Not right now, but you can put your name on the waiting list.
They might also say:
No hay plazas, pero tenemos una lista de espera.
Noh igh PLAH-suhs, PEH-roh teh-NEH-mos OO-nuh LEES-tuh deh es-PEH-ruh.
There are no places, but we have a waiting list.
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YOU REPLY
¿Qué número tendría?
Keh NOO-meh-roh tayn-DREE-uh?
What number would I have?
THEY SAY
El siete. Si queda alguna plaza, le llamamos.El SYEH-teh. See KEH-duh uhl-GOO-nuh PLAH-suh, leh yuh-MAH-mos.
Seven. If a place becomes free we'll call you.
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YOU FINISH
Muy bien. Apúnteme, por favor.
Mooy byayn. Uh-POON-teh-meh, por fuh-BOR.
Very well. Put me down, please.
THEY SAY
Hecho. Ya está en la lista.EH-choh. Yah es-TAH en lah LEES-tuh.
Done. You're on the list now.
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
plaza
PLAH-suh
noun
square
libre
LEE-breh
adjective
free, available
curso
KOOR-soh
noun
course
Ahora
Uh-OH-ruh
adverb
now
mismo
MEEZ-moh
adjective
same
no
noh
adverb
no
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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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