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You ask whether your child eats at nursery: what to say in Spanish
You ask whether the child eats at nursery.
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How it's done. Food words: come bien, come poco, no quiere comer; you can ask to change the menu for allergy or religious reasons.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 come mi hijo? ¿Le gusta la comida?
KOH-moh KOH-meh mee EE-khoh? Leh GOOS-tuh lah koh-MEE-duh?
How does my son eat? Does he like the food?
THEY SAY
Come bastante bien, aunque la verdura le cuesta.KOH-meh buhs-TAHN-teh byayn, OWN-keh lah behr-DOO-ruh leh koo-ES-tuh.
He eats quite well, although vegetables are hard for him.
They might also say:
Muy bien en general. Con la verdura se resiste un poco.
Mooy byayn en kheh-neh-RAHL. Kohn lah behr-DOO-ruh seh reh-SEES-teh oon POH-koh.
Very well in general. He resists the vegetables a little.
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YOU REPLY
En casa le doy mucha verdura.
En KAH-suh leh doy MOO-chuh behr-DOO-ruh.
At home I give him lots of vegetables.
THEY SAY
Perfecto, así poco a poco la aceptará.Pehr-FEK-toh, uh-SEE POH-koh uh POH-koh lah uh-sep-tuh-RAH.
Perfect, that way he'll gradually accept them.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias por decírmelo. Seguiremos así.
GRAH-syuhs por deh-SEER-meh-loh. Seh-gee-REH-mos uh-SEE.
Thanks for telling me. We'll keep doing that.
THEY SAY
De nada. Va muy bien.Deh NAH-duh. Bah mooy byayn.
You're welcome. He's doing very well.
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
come
KOH-meh
verb
eats
hijo
EE-khoh
noun
son
gusta
GOOS-tuh
verb
likes, is pleasing
comida
koh-MEE-duh
noun
food
bastante
buhs-TAHN-teh
adverb
quite, enough
bien
byayn
adverb
well, fine
23 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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