Spanish · Matrícula
You look for a nursery place for your child: what to say in Spanish
You look for a place in a nursery for your child.
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How it's done. Enrolment (matrícula) in public schools takes place in spring: you submit the application with documents and wait for the allocation; the early years (0-3) are often private or municipal (escuela infantil).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
Buenos días, busco una plaza para mi hija en la escuela infantil.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, BOOS-koh OO-nuh PLAH-suh PAH-ruh mee EE-khuh en lah es-koo-EH-luh een-fahn-TEEL.
Good morning, I'm looking for a place for my daughter at the nursery.
THEY SAY
¿Cuántos años tiene?Koo-AHN-tos AH-nyos TYEH-neh?
How old is she?
They might also say:
¿Qué edad tiene la niña?
Keh eh-DAHD TYEH-neh lah NEE-nyuh?
What age is the girl?
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YOU REPLY
Tiene dos años.
TYEH-neh dos AH-nyos.
She is two years old.
THEY SAY
La matrícula es en primavera. Mire la web del ayuntamiento.Lah muh-TREE-koo-luh es en pree-muh-BEH-ruh. MEE-reh lah web del uh-oon-tuh-MYAYN-toh.
Enrolment is in spring. Look at the town hall website.
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YOU FINISH
Entendido. Muchas gracias.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Understood. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Mucha suerte.Deh NAH-duh. MOO-chuh soo-EHR-teh.
You're welcome. Good luck.
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
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
busco
BOOS-koh
verb
I look for
plaza
PLAH-suh
noun
square
hija
EE-khuh
noun
daughter
escuela
es-koo-EH-luh
noun
school
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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
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