Spanish · Enfermedad
The nursery phones because your child has a temperature: what to say in Spanish
The nursery phones you because the child has a fever.
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How it's done. If a child has a fever the nursery phones and a parent must collect them as soon as possible; keep your phone near and say who else can come.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
Hola, le llamamos de la escuela. Maks tiene fiebre.OH-luh, leh yuh-MAH-mos deh lah es-koo-EH-luh. Mahks TYEH-neh FYEH-breh.
Hello, we're calling from the nursery. Maks has a fever.
They might also say:
Buenos días, le llamamos por Maks: tiene décimas de fiebre.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, leh yuh-MAH-mos por Mahks: TYEH-neh DEH-see-muhs deh FYEH-breh.
Good morning, we're calling about Maks: he has a slight fever.
YOU REPLY
¿Cuánta fiebre tiene?
Koo-AHN-tuh FYEH-breh TYEH-neh?
How high is the fever?
THEY SAY
Treinta y ocho y medio. Tiene que venir a recogerlo.TRAYN-tuh ee OH-choh ee MEH-dyoh. TYEH-neh keh beh-NEER uh reh-koh-KHEHR-loh.
Thirty-eight and a half. You have to come and collect him.
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YOU FINISH
Voy ahora mismo. Muchas gracias.
Boy uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
I'm coming right away. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Le esperamos en la puerta.Deh NAH-duh. Leh es-peh-RAH-mos en lah poo-EHR-tuh.
You're welcome. We'll wait for you at the door.
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
llamamos
yuh-MAH-mos
verb
we call
escuela
es-koo-EH-luh
noun
school
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
fiebre
FYEH-breh
noun
fever
medio
MEH-dyoh
adjective
half, middle
venir
beh-NEER
verb
to come
20 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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