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You ask about the settling-in period: what to say in Spanish
You ask about the settling-in period.
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How it's done. The período de adaptación is a gradual settling in: in the first days the child stays an hour or two, a parent may be nearby; it usually takes several weeks.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
¿Cómo es el período de adaptación?
KOH-moh es el peh-REE-oh-doh deh uh-duhp-tuh-SYOHN?
What is the settling-in period like?
THEY SAY
Las dos primeras semanas se queda solo unas horas.Lahs dos pree-MEH-ruhs seh-MAH-nuhs seh KEH-duh SOH-loh OO-nuhs OH-ruhs.
For the first two weeks he stays only a few hours.
They might also say:
Es gradual: unas horas al principio y luego más.
Es gruh-doo-AHL: OO-nuhs OH-ruhs ahl preen-SEE-pyoh ee loo-EH-goh mahs.
It's gradual: a few hours at first, then more.
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YOU REPLY
¿Tengo que quedarme con él?
TAYN-goh keh keh-DAHR-meh kohn el?
Do I have to stay with him?
THEY SAY
Los primeros días sí, luego poco a poco menos.Los pree-MEH-ros DEE-uhs see, loo-EH-goh POH-koh uh POH-koh MEH-nos.
The first days yes, then gradually less.
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YOU FINISH
Entendido. Me quedaré el primer día.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. Meh keh-duh-REH el pree-MEHR DEE-uh.
Understood. I'll stay on the first day.
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Así se sentirá seguro.Mooy byayn. Uh-SEE seh sayn-tee-RAH seh-GOO-roh.
Very well. That way he'll feel safe.
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.
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Words worth knowing
es
es
verb
is
período
peh-REE-oh-doh
noun
period
adaptación
uh-duhp-tuh-SYOHN
noun
settling-in
primeras
pree-MEH-ruhs
adjective
first (feminine plural)
semanas
seh-MAH-nuhs
noun
weeks
queda
KEH-duh
verb
stays
30 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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