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You have an ID photo taken: what to say in Spanish
You get photos for an ID.
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How it's done. Passport-type photos (foto de carné): size three by four, light background, no headwear; say which document - they know the requirements.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
Quisiera fotos de carné para el pasaporte.
Kee-SYEH-ruh FOH-tos deh kuhr-NEH PAH-ruh el puh-suh-POR-teh.
I'd like ID photos for the passport.
THEY SAY
Pase aquí y siéntese. No sonría mucho.PAH-seh uh-KEE ee SYAYN-teh-seh. Noh sohn-REE-uh MOO-choh.
Come here and sit down. Don't smile too much.
They might also say:
Siéntese aquí y mire al frente, con cara seria.
SYAYN-teh-seh uh-KEE ee MEE-reh ahl FRAYN-teh, kohn KAH-ruh SEH-ryuh.
Sit here and look ahead with a serious face.
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YOU REPLY
¿Cuántas fotos son?
Koo-AHN-tuhs FOH-tos sohn?
How many photos are there?
THEY SAY
Cuatro por seis euros.Koo-AH-troh por says EH-oo-ros.
Four for six euros.
3
YOU FINISH
Vale, cuatro fotos. Gracias.
BAH-leh, koo-AH-troh FOH-tos. GRAH-syuhs.
OK, four photos. Thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Siéntese aquí, por favor.Deh NAH-duh. SYAYN-teh-seh uh-KEE, por fuh-BOR.
You're welcome. Sit here, please.
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
Quisiera
Kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
fotos
FOH-tos
noun
photos
carné
kuhr-NEH
noun
ID card, licence
pasaporte
puh-suh-POR-teh
noun
passport
Pase
PAH-seh
verb
come in, go ahead
aquí
uh-KEE
adverb
here
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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