Spanish · Copistería
You make copies of documents: what to say in Spanish
You make copies of documents.
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How it's done. Copies are fotocopias; en blanco y negro is black and white, en color colour; una cara single-sided, doble cara double-sided; a copistería is a copy shop.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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1
THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Buenos días. ¿Qué necesita?Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs. Keh neh-seh-SEE-tuh?
Good morning. What do you need?
They might also say:
Hola. Dígame.
OH-luh. DEE-guh-meh.
Hello. Go ahead.
YOU REPLY
Quisiera diez fotocopias de este documento, en blanco y negro.
Kee-SYEH-ruh dyehs foh-toh-KOH-pyuhs deh ES-teh doh-koo-MAYN-toh, en BLAHN-koh ee NEH-groh.
I'd like ten photocopies of this document, in black and white.
THEY SAY
¿A una cara o a doble cara?Uh OO-nuh KAH-ruh oh uh DOH-bleh KAH-ruh?
Single or double-sided?
2
YOU REPLY
A una cara, por favor.
Uh OO-nuh KAH-ruh, por fuh-BOR.
Single-sided, please.
THEY SAY
Son un euro.Sohn oon EH-oo-roh.
That's one euro.
3
YOU FINISH
Aquí tiene. Gracias.
Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. GRAH-syuhs.
Here you are. Thanks.
THEY SAY
Gracias a usted. Hasta luego.GRAH-syuhs uh oos-TED. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thank you. 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
Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
necesita
neh-seh-SEE-tuh
verb
needs
Quisiera
Kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
fotocopias
foh-toh-KOH-pyuhs
noun
photocopies
documento
doh-koo-MAYN-toh
noun
document
23 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?
¡Gracias!
GRAH-syuhs!
Thank you!
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