Spanish · Entrada / recogida
You pick your child up and the teacher tells you about the day: what to say in Spanish
You pick up the child and the teacher tells you about the day.
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How it's done. The teacher tells: ha comido (ate), ha dormido la siesta (napped), ha jugado (played), ha llorado (cried); some nurseries have a notebook (agenda) with notes.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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YOU START
Buenas tardes, vengo a recoger a Maks. ¿Qué tal el día?
Boo-EH-nuhs TAHR-des, BAYN-goh uh reh-koh-KHEHR uh Mahks. Keh tahl el DEE-uh?
Good afternoon, I've come for Maks. How was the day?
THEY SAY
Muy bien. Ha comido todo y ha dormido la siesta.Mooy byayn. Uh koh-MEE-doh TOH-doh ee uh dor-MEE-doh lah SYEHS-tuh.
Very well. He's eaten everything and had a nap.
They might also say:
Bien. Ha comido y ha dormido un rato.
Byayn. Uh koh-MEE-doh ee uh dor-MEE-doh oon RAH-toh.
Well. He ate and slept a while.
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YOU REPLY
¿Ha llorado?
Uh yoh-RAH-doh?
Did he cry?
THEY SAY
Un poquito al principio, pero luego ha jugado con los demás.Oon poh-KEE-toh ahl preen-SEE-pyoh, PEH-roh loo-EH-goh uh khoo-GAH-doh kohn los deh-MAHS.
A little at the start, but then he played with the others.
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YOU FINISH
Me alegro. Hasta mañana.
Meh uh-LEH-groh. AHS-tuh muh-NYAH-nuh.
I'm glad. See you tomorrow.
THEY SAY
Hasta mañana. Que descansen.AHS-tuh muh-NYAH-nuh. Keh des-KAHN-sayn.
See you tomorrow. Have a good rest.
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
Buenas
Boo-EH-nuhs
adjective
good (feminine plural)
tardes
TAHR-des
noun
afternoons, evenings
vengo
BAYN-goh
verb
I come
recoger
reh-koh-KHEHR
verb
to pick up, to collect
tal
tahl
adverb
such
día
DEE-uh
noun
day
29 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?
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!
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