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You are at a barbershop: what to say in Spanish
You are at a barbershop.
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How it's done. At a barbershop: corte de pelo (cut), arreglo de barba (beard trim), a máquina (clippers), con tijera (scissors), a cero (zero).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
¿Qué le hacemos?Keh leh uh-SEH-mos?
What shall we do?
They might also say:
¿Corte y barba?
KOR-teh ee BAHR-buh?
Cut and beard?
YOU REPLY
Corte con máquina, un dos por los lados, y arreglar la barba.
KOR-teh kohn MAH-kee-nuh, oon dos por los LAH-dos, ee uhr-reh-GLAHR lah BAHR-buh.
Cut with clippers, a two on the sides, and trim the beard.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. Siéntese aquí.Pehr-FEK-toh. SYAYN-teh-seh uh-KEE.
Fine. Sit here.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias.
GRAH-syuhs.
Thanks.
THEY SAY
A usted. Ahora mismo empiezo.Uh oos-TED. Uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh em-PYEH-soh.
Thank you. I'll start right 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
hacemos
uh-SEH-mos
verb
we do, we make
Corte
KOR-teh
noun
haircut
máquina
MAH-kee-nuh
noun
machine
lados
LAH-dos
noun
sides
arreglar
uhr-reh-GLAHR
verb
to repair, to fix, to sort out
barba
BAHR-buh
noun
beard
17 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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