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You bring medicine and ask them to give it: what to say in Spanish
You bring medicine and ask them to give it.
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How it's done. Teachers give medicine only with written permission and a doctor's prescription (prescripción médica) with the dose; without them not even syrup.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
Le traigo un jarabe para Maks. ¿Se lo pueden dar a mediodía?
Leh TRIGH-goh oon khuh-RAH-beh PAH-ruh Mahks. Seh loh poo-EH-dayn dahr uh meh-dyoh-DEE-uh?
I'm bringing a syrup for Maks. Can you give it at midday?
THEY SAY
Necesitamos la receta del médico y una autorización firmada.Neh-seh-see-TAH-mos lah reh-SEH-tuh del MEH-dee-koh ee OO-nuh ow-toh-ree-suh-SYOHN feer-MAH-duh.
We need the doctor's prescription and a signed authorisation.
They might also say:
Hace falta la prescripción médica y su firma.
AH-seh FAHL-tuh lah pres-kreep-SYOHN MEH-dee-kuh ee soo FEER-muh.
We need the medical prescription and your signature.
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YOU REPLY
Aquí tiene la receta. ¿Dónde firmo?
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh lah reh-SEH-tuh. DOHN-deh FEER-moh?
Here's the prescription. Where do I sign?
THEY SAY
Aquí, y ponga la dosis.Uh-KEE, ee POHN-guh lah DOH-sees.
Here, and put the dose.
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YOU FINISH
Hecho. Son cinco mililitros.
EH-choh. Sohn SEEN-koh mee-lee-LEE-tros.
Done. It's five millilitres.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Se lo damos a mediodía.Pehr-FEK-toh. Seh loh DAH-mos uh meh-dyoh-DEE-uh.
Perfect. We'll give it to him at noon.
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
traigo
TRIGH-goh
verb
I bring
jarabe
khuh-RAH-beh
noun
syrup
pueden
poo-EH-dayn
verb
can (they, you plural)
dar
dahr
verb
to give
mediodía
meh-dyoh-DEE-uh
noun
midday
Necesitamos
Neh-seh-see-TAH-mos
verb
we need
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?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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