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You ask about changing a lock: what to say in Spanish

You ask about changing a lock.

Cerrajero / arreglos6 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. A lock change is cambio de cerradura; the locksmith comes to the home, quotes and asks for the flat owner's ID; ask the price beforehand.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
Necesito cambiar la cerradura de mi puerta.
Neh-seh-SEE-toh kuhm-BYAHR lah sehr-ruh-DOO-ruh deh mee poo-EHR-tuh.
I need to change the lock on my door.
THEY SAY
¿Ha perdido las llaves?
Uh pehr-DEE-doh lahs YAH-bes?
Have you lost the keys?
They might also say:
¿Se le han perdido las llaves?
Seh leh ahn pehr-DEE-doh lahs YAH-bes?
Have your keys gone missing?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, creo que me las han robado.
See, KREH-oh keh meh lahs ahn roh-BAH-doh.
Yes, I think they've been stolen.
THEY SAY
Entonces cambio el bombín. Son ochenta euros.
Ayn-TOHN-ses KAHM-byoh el bom-BEEN. Sohn oh-CHAYN-tuh EH-oo-ros.
Then I'll change the cylinder. It's eighty euros.
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YOU FINISH
De acuerdo. ¿Cuándo puede venir?
Deh uh-koo-EHR-doh. Koo-AHN-doh poo-EH-deh beh-NEER?
All right. When can you come?
THEY SAY
Hoy mismo. Estoy allí en una hora.
Oy MEEZ-moh. Es-TOY igh-EE en OO-nuh OH-ruh.
Today. I'll be there in an hour.
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Words worth knowing

Necesito
Neh-seh-SEE-toh
verb
I need
cambiar
kuhm-BYAHR
verb
to change, to exchange
cerradura
sehr-ruh-DOO-ruh
noun
lock
puerta
poo-EHR-tuh
noun
door
perdido
pehr-DEE-doh
adjective
lost
llaves
YAH-bes
noun
keys

27 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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