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You scan documents: what to say in Spanish
You scan documents.
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How it's done. Scanning is escanear or digitalizar; the result is emailed or saved on a stick; ask about the format (PDF).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
Quiero escanear estos papeles y que me los envíen por correo.
KYEH-roh es-kuh-neh-AHR ES-tos puh-PEH-les ee keh meh los ayn-BEE-ayn por kor-REH-oh.
I want to scan these papers and have them emailed to me.
THEY SAY
Sí, sin problema. ¿En PDF?See, seen proh-BLEH-muh. En Peh-deh-EH-feh?
Yes, no problem. In PDF?
They might also say:
Claro. ¿Quiere un solo archivo PDF?
KLAH-roh. KYEH-reh oon SOH-loh uhr-CHEE-boh Peh-deh-EH-feh?
Of course. Do you want a single PDF file?
2
YOU REPLY
Sí, un solo archivo, por favor.
See, oon SOH-loh uhr-CHEE-boh, por fuh-BOR.
Yes, a single file, please.
THEY SAY
Perfecto. En un minuto lo tiene.Pehr-FEK-toh. En oon mee-NOO-toh loh TYEH-neh.
Fine. You'll have it in a minute.
3
YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias. ¿Cuánto es?
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs. Koo-AHN-toh es?
Thank you very much. How much is it?
THEY SAY
Un euro.Oon EH-oo-roh.
One euro.
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
Quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
escanear
es-kuh-neh-AHR
verb
to scan
papeles
puh-PEH-les
noun
papers
envíen
ayn-BEE-ayn
verb
send (plural)
correo
kor-REH-oh
noun
post, mail
Sí
See
adverb
yes
22 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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