Spanish · Punto de recogida
You use a parcel locker: what to say in Spanish
You use a parcel locker.
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How it's done. At a locker you type the code or scan the QR from the message and the compartment opens; there are usually a few days to collect.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, no sé cómo abrir la taquilla.
Pehr-DOH-neh, noh seh KOH-moh uh-BREER lah tuh-KEE-ah.
Excuse me, I don't know how to open the locker.
THEY SAY
Escanee el código QR del mensaje en la pantalla.Es-kuh-NEH-eh el KOH-dee-goh Koo-EHR-reh del mayn-SAH-kheh en lah pahn-TAH-ah.
Scan the QR code from the message on the screen.
They might also say:
Ponga el código QR delante del lector.
POHN-guh el KOH-dee-goh Koo-EHR-reh deh-LAHN-teh del lek-TOR.
Hold the QR code in front of the reader.
2
YOU REPLY
Ya se ha abierto. Muchas gracias.
Yah seh uh uh-BYEHR-toh. MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
It's opened. Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada.Deh NAH-duh.
You're welcome.
3
YOU FINISH
Gracias. Que tenga buen día.
GRAH-syuhs. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN DEE-uh.
Thanks. Have a good day.
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
no
noh
adverb
no
sé
seh
verb
I know
cómo
KOH-moh
adverb
how
abrir
uh-BREER
verb
to open
taquilla
tuh-KEE-ah
noun
locker
21 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?
Similar situations
They will not hand over the parcel because details are missingPunto de recogida · A2 in the app
→You ask how many days they will keep the parcelPunto de recogida · B1 in the app
→You collect a parcel from a pickup pointPunto de recogida · A1 in the app
→You ask where to find a pickup pointPunto de recogida · A2 in the app
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