Spanish · Tintorería / sastre
You take clothes to the dry cleaner's: what to say in Spanish
You hand in clothes at the dry cleaner's.
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How it's done. Dry cleaning is tintorería; limpieza en seco is dry cleaning, lavandería laundry, planchado ironing, abrigo coat, traje suit.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 limpiar este abrigo. Tiene una mancha aquí.
Kee-SYEH-ruh leem-PYAHR ES-teh uh-BREE-goh. TYEH-neh OO-nuh MAHN-chuh uh-KEE.
I'd like to have this coat cleaned. It has a stain here.
THEY SAY
Veamos. ¿Qué es, vino o grasa?Beh-AH-mos. Keh es, BEE-noh oh GRAH-suh?
Let's see. What is it, wine or grease?
They might also say:
Mire. ¿Sabe qué mancha es?
MEE-reh. SAH-beh keh MAHN-chuh es?
Let's look. Do you know what stain it is?
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YOU REPLY
Es vino, de hace una semana.
Es BEE-noh, deh AH-seh OO-nuh seh-MAH-nuh.
It's wine, from a week ago.
THEY SAY
Lo intentamos. Estará el viernes.Loh een-tayn-TAH-mos. Es-tuh-RAH el BYEHR-nes.
We'll try. It will be ready on Friday.
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YOU FINISH
Muy bien. El viernes paso. Gracias.
Mooy byayn. El BYEHR-nes PAH-soh. GRAH-syuhs.
Very well. I'll come on Friday. Thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Hasta el viernes.Deh NAH-duh. AHS-tuh el BYEHR-nes.
You're welcome. See you on Friday.
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.
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Words worth knowing
Quisiera
Kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
limpiar
leem-PYAHR
verb
to clean
abrigo
uh-BREE-goh
noun
coat
Tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
mancha
MAHN-chuh
noun
stain
aquí
uh-KEE
adverb
here
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?
Similar situations
You ask about prices and turnaround timesTintorería / sastre · A2 in the app
→You collect your things from the dry cleaner'sTintorería / sastre · A2 in the app
→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
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