Spanish · Entrada / recogida
Someone else is picking your child up today: what to say in Spanish
Someone else will pick the child up today.
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How it's done. The child is handed only to people named by the parents (personas autorizadas); a new person is added or given written permission; without it the teacher will not hand the child over.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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1
YOU START
Perdone, hoy recogerá a Maks mi madre.
Pehr-DOH-neh, oy reh-koh-kheh-RAH uh Mahks mee MAH-dreh.
Excuse me, my mother will pick up Maks today.
THEY SAY
¿Está en la lista de personas autorizadas?Es-TAH en lah LEES-tuh deh pehr-SOH-nuhs ow-toh-ree-SAH-duhs?
Is she on the list of authorised persons?
They might also say:
¿Figura como persona autorizada?
Fee-GOO-ruh KOH-moh pehr-SOH-nuh ow-toh-ree-SAH-duh?
Is she listed as an authorised person?
2
YOU REPLY
No, todavía no. ¿Se puede hacer ahora?
Noh, toh-duh-BEE-uh noh. Seh poo-EH-deh uh-SEHR uh-OH-ruh?
No, not yet. Can it be done now?
THEY SAY
Sí, escriba aquí su nombre y firme.See, es-KREE-buh uh-KEE soo NOM-breh ee FEER-meh.
Yes, write her name here and sign.
3
YOU FINISH
Ya está. Muchas gracias.
Yah es-TAH. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Done. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Su madre ya puede recogerlo.Deh NAH-duh. Soo MAH-dreh yah poo-EH-deh reh-koh-KHEHR-loh.
You're welcome. Your mother can pick him up now.
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
Perdone
Pehr-DOH-neh
verb
excuse me, sorry
hoy
oy
adverb
today
recogerá
reh-koh-kheh-RAH
verb
will pick up
madre
MAH-dreh
noun
mother
lista
LEES-tuh
adjective
ready (feminine)
personas
pehr-SOH-nuhs
noun
people, persons
25 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?
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