Spanish · Español para el niño
Your child says they are being bullied at school: what to say in Spanish
The child says someone is bothering them at school.
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How it's done. Bullying is acoso escolar or bullying; tell the teacher and head, ask for concrete measures and note dates and what happened.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 hijo dice que unos compañeros se meten con él.
Mee EE-khoh DEE-seh keh OO-nos kom-puh-NYEH-ros seh MEH-tayn kohn el.
My son says some classmates are picking on him.
THEY SAY
Gracias por decírmelo. Vamos a hablar con los niños.GRAH-syuhs por deh-SEER-meh-loh. BAH-mos uh uh-BLAHR kohn los NEE-nyos.
Thank you for telling me. We'll talk to the children.
They might also say:
Es importante que nos lo cuente. Lo vamos a revisar con atención.
Es eem-por-TAHN-teh keh nos loh koo-AYN-teh. Loh BAH-mos uh reh-bee-SAHR kohn uh-tayn-SYOHN.
It's important that you tell us. We'll look into it carefully.
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YOU REPLY
¿Pueden vigilar en el patio?
Poo-EH-dayn bee-khee-LAHR en el PAH-tyoh?
Can you keep watch in the playground?
THEY SAY
Sí, vamos a reforzar la vigilancia.See, BAH-mos uh reh-for-SAHR lah bee-khee-LAHN-syuh.
Yes, we'll reinforce supervision.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias. Eso me ayuda mucho.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs. EH-soh meh uh-OO-duh MOO-choh.
Thank you very much. That helps me a lot.
THEY SAY
De nada. Le informaremos de cualquier novedad.Deh NAH-duh. Leh een-for-muh-REH-mos deh koo-uhl-KYEHR noh-beh-DAHD.
You're welcome. We'll tell you about any news.
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
hijo
EE-khoh
noun
son
dice
DEE-seh
verb
says
compañeros
kom-puh-NYEH-ros
noun
colleagues, mates
meten
MEH-tayn
verb
pick on
decírmelo
deh-SEER-meh-loh
verb
to tell me
Vamos
BAH-mos
verb
let's go
31 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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