Spanish · Copistería
You have a document bound: what to say in Spanish
You have a document bound.
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How it's done. Binding is encuadernación; espiral is spiral, tapa cover; the clerk asks colour and number; usually same-day.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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1
YOU START
Necesito encuadernar este trabajo con espiral.
Neh-seh-SEE-toh ayn-koo-uh-dehr-NAHR ES-teh truh-BAH-khoh kohn es-pee-RAHL.
I need to bind this work with a spiral.
THEY SAY
¿Con tapa transparente o de color?Kohn TAH-puh trahns-puh-RAYN-teh oh deh koh-LOR?
With a clear or coloured cover?
They might also say:
¿Tapa transparente y trasera negra?
TAH-puh trahns-puh-RAYN-teh ee truh-SEH-ruh NEH-gruh?
Clear cover and black back?
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YOU REPLY
Transparente y negra, por favor.
Trahns-puh-RAYN-teh ee NEH-gruh, por fuh-BOR.
Clear and black, please.
THEY SAY
Estará en una hora.Es-tuh-RAH en OO-nuh OH-ruh.
It will be ready in an hour.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Vuelvo dentro de una hora.
Pehr-FEK-toh. Boo-EL-boh DAYN-troh deh OO-nuh OH-ruh.
Perfect. I'll come back in an hour.
THEY SAY
Aquí le espero. Hasta luego.Uh-KEE leh es-PEH-roh. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
I'll be here. See you later.
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
Necesito
Neh-seh-SEE-toh
verb
I need
encuadernar
ayn-koo-uh-dehr-NAHR
verb
to bind
trabajo
truh-BAH-khoh
noun
work, job
espiral
es-pee-RAHL
noun
spiral
tapa
TAH-puh
noun
lid
transparente
trahns-puh-RAYN-teh
adjective
transparent
21 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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