Spanish · Enfermedad
You ask when your child can come back: what to say in Spanish
You ask when the child can return.
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How it's done. After illness the child returns when healthy and no longer contagious; after a fever they usually wait a day without it; after some illnesses a doctor's note is needed.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
¿Cuándo puede volver Maks a la escuela?
Koo-AHN-doh poo-EH-deh bol-BEHR Mahks uh lah es-koo-EH-luh?
When can Maks come back to nursery?
THEY SAY
Cuando lleve veinticuatro horas sin fiebre.Koo-AHN-doh YEH-beh bayn-tee-koo-AH-troh OH-ruhs seen FYEH-breh.
When he has gone twenty-four hours without fever.
They might also say:
Después de un día entero sin fiebre.
Des-poo-ES deh oon DEE-uh ayn-TEH-roh seen FYEH-breh.
After a whole day without fever.
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YOU REPLY
¿Necesito un justificante del médico?
Neh-seh-SEE-toh oon khoos-tee-fee-KAHN-teh del MEH-dee-koh?
Do I need a doctor's note?
THEY SAY
Solo si es una enfermedad contagiosa.SOH-loh see es OO-nuh ayn-fehr-meh-DAHD kohn-tuh-KHYOH-suh.
Only if it is a contagious illness.
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YOU FINISH
Entendido. Gracias por la información.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. GRAH-syuhs por lah een-for-muh-SYOHN.
Understood. Thanks for the information.
THEY SAY
De nada. Que se mejore.Deh NAH-duh. Keh seh meh-KHOH-reh.
You're welcome. Get well soon.
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
puede
poo-EH-deh
verb
can
volver
bol-BEHR
verb
to return
escuela
es-koo-EH-luh
noun
school
lleve
YEH-beh
verb
take, bring
horas
OH-ruhs
noun
hours
fiebre
FYEH-breh
noun
fever
25 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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