Spanish · Español para el niño
You ask whether there is an interpreter at the meeting: what to say in Spanish
You ask whether there is an interpreter at the meeting.
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How it's done. Some schools have a mediator or interpreter (mediador intercultural); ask in advance: ¿Hay un intérprete?; you can bring an acquaintance who speaks Spanish.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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YOU START
Mi español es todavía básico. ¿Hay algún intérprete?
Mee es-puh-NYOL es toh-duh-BEE-uh BAH-see-koh. Igh uhl-GOON een-TEHR-preh-teh?
My Spanish is still basic. Is there an interpreter?
THEY SAY
Podemos pedir un mediador intercultural.Poh-DEH-mos peh-DEER oon meh-dyuh-DOR een-tehr-kool-too-RAHL.
We can request an intercultural mediator.
They might also say:
Sí, podemos avisar a un mediador.
See, poh-DEH-mos uh-bee-SAHR uh oon meh-dyuh-DOR.
Yes, we can notify a mediator.
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YOU REPLY
¿Hace falta avisar con antelación?
AH-seh FAHL-tuh uh-bee-SAHR kohn ahn-teh-luh-SYOHN?
Do I need to warn in advance?
THEY SAY
Sí, con una semana, si puede.See, kohn OO-nuh seh-MAH-nuh, see poo-EH-deh.
Yes, a week ahead if you can.
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YOU FINISH
De acuerdo. Se lo comunico con tiempo.
Deh uh-koo-EHR-doh. Seh loh koh-moo-NEE-koh kohn TYEHM-poh.
All right. I'll let you know in advance.
THEY SAY
Muchas gracias. Así lo organizamos mejor.MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs. Uh-SEE loh or-guh-nee-SAH-mos meh-KHOR.
Thank you very much. That way we organise it better.
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
español
es-puh-NYOL
noun
Spanish (language)
es
es
verb
is
todavía
toh-duh-BEE-uh
adverb
still, yet
básico
BAH-see-koh
adjective
basic
intérprete
een-TEHR-preh-teh
noun
interpreter
Podemos
Poh-DEH-mos
verb
we can
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.
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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