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You phone to say you and your child will be late: what to say in Spanish
You phone to say you will be late with the child.
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How it's done. If you are late phone: that way teachers know whether to wait for the child; a late arrival may disturb the day's routine.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Escuela infantil Los Girasoles, buenos días.Es-koo-EH-luh een-fahn-TEEL Los Khee-ruh-SOH-les, boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs.
Los Girasoles nursery, good morning.
YOU REPLY
Buenos días, soy la madre de Maks. Hoy llegaremos más tarde.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, soy lah MAH-dreh deh Mahks. Oy yeh-guh-REH-mos mahs TAHR-deh.
Good morning, I'm Maks's mother. We'll be late today.
THEY SAY
No se preocupe. ¿A qué hora llegarán más o menos?Noh seh preh-oh-KOO-peh. Uh keh OH-ruh yeh-guh-RAHN mahs oh MEH-nos?
Don't worry. About what time will you arrive?
They might also say:
Sin problema. ¿Sobre qué hora vienen?
Seen proh-BLEH-muh. SOH-breh keh OH-ruh BYEH-nayn?
No problem. About what time are you coming?
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YOU REPLY
Sobre las diez.
SOH-breh lahs dyehs.
Around ten.
THEY SAY
Vale, les esperamos. Hasta luego.BAH-leh, les es-peh-RAH-mos. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
OK, we'll wait for you. See you.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Hasta luego.
GRAH-syuhs. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thanks. See you later.
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
Escuela
Es-koo-EH-luh
noun
school
infantil
een-fahn-TEEL
adjective
children's
Girasoles
Khee-ruh-SOH-les
noun
sunflowers
buenos
boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
soy
soy
verb
I am
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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.
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