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You ask about lice: what to say in Spanish

You ask about lice.

Enfermedad6 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. Lice are piojos, nits liendres; the nursery tells parents by note; treatment is a pharmacy shampoo (champú antipiojos), after which the child may return.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
Me han dicho que hay piojos en la clase. ¿Es verdad?
Meh ahn DEE-choh keh igh PYOH-khos en lah KLAH-seh. Es behr-DAHD?
They told me there are lice in the class. Is that true?
THEY SAY
Sí, hay un par de casos. Revise la cabeza de su hija.
See, igh oon pahr deh KAH-sos. Reh-BEE-seh lah kuh-BEH-suh deh soo EE-khuh.
Yes, there are a couple of cases. Check your daughter's head.
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YOU REPLY
¿Qué tengo que hacer si los tiene?
Keh TAYN-goh keh uh-SEHR see los TYEH-neh?
What do I do if she has them?
THEY SAY
Compre un champú en la farmacia y lávele el pelo.
KOM-preh oon chuhm-POO en lah fuhr-MAH-syuh ee LAH-beh-leh el PEH-loh.
Buy a shampoo at the pharmacy and wash her hair.
They might also say:
Un champú antipiojos de la farmacia y lavarle bien el pelo.
Oon chuhm-POO ahn-tee-PYOH-khos deh lah fuhr-MAH-syuh ee luh-BAHR-leh byayn el PEH-loh.
An anti-lice shampoo from the pharmacy and wash the hair well.
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YOU FINISH
Vale. Lo compro hoy. Gracias.
BAH-leh. Loh KOM-proh oy. GRAH-syuhs.
OK. I'll buy it today. Thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Avíseme cuando termine el tratamiento.
Deh NAH-duh. Uh-BEE-seh-meh koo-AHN-doh tehr-MEE-neh el truh-tuh-MYAYN-toh.
You're welcome. Tell me when the treatment is over.
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This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

han
ahn
verb
have (auxiliary: they)
dicho
DEE-choh
verb
said
hay
igh
verb
there is, there are
piojos
PYOH-khos
noun
lice
clase
KLAH-seh
noun
class, lesson
verdad
behr-DAHD
noun
truth

35 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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