Spanish · Tintorería / sastre
You collect your things from the dry cleaner's: what to say in Spanish
You collect clothes from the dry cleaner's.
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How it's done. Clothes are collected with the receipt (resguardo) with a number; check whether the stain is gone on the spot; if not, say so at once.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
Vengo a recoger una ropa. Aquí tiene el resguardo.
BAYN-goh uh reh-koh-KHEHR OO-nuh ROH-puh. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh el rez-goo-AHR-doh.
I've come to collect clothes. Here's the receipt.
THEY SAY
Un momento. Aquí está el abrigo y las dos camisas.Oon moh-MAYN-toh. Uh-KEE es-TAH el uh-BREE-goh ee lahs dos kuh-MEE-suhs.
One moment. Here's the coat and the two shirts.
They might also say:
Aquí tiene. Revise que esté todo bien.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Reh-BEE-seh keh es-TEH TOH-doh byayn.
Here you are. Check that everything is fine.
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YOU REPLY
Todavía se ve la mancha.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh seh beh lah MAHN-chuh.
The stain is still visible.
THEY SAY
Lo miro. A veces hay que repetirlo.Loh MEE-roh. Uh BEH-ses igh keh reh-peh-TEER-loh.
I'll look. Sometimes it has to be repeated.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. ¿Cuánto tardaría?
GRAH-syuhs. Koo-AHN-toh tuhr-duh-REE-uh?
Thanks. How long would it take?
THEY SAY
Dos días más.Dos DEE-uhs mahs.
Two more days.
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
Vengo
BAYN-goh
verb
I come
recoger
reh-koh-KHEHR
verb
to pick up, to collect
ropa
ROH-puh
noun
clothes
Aquí
Uh-KEE
adverb
here
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
resguardo
rez-goo-AHR-doh
noun
receipt, slip
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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
Similar situations
An item was damaged at the dry cleaner'sTintorería / sastre · B1 in the app
→You wash your laundry at a self-service laundretteTintorería / sastre · A2 in the app
→You ask how to wash delicate itemsTintorería / sastre · A2 in the app
→You take clothes to the dry cleaner'sTintorería / sastre · A2 in the app
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