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You order a taxi by phone or app: what to say in Spanish

You order a taxi by phone or app.

Taxi / aplicación6 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. A taxi is ordered by phone or app (Free Now, Cabify, Uber); give the address and time; the driver phones when arriving.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
Buenos días, quisiera pedir un taxi a la calle Goya, número doce.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kee-SYEH-ruh peh-DEER oon TAHK-see uh lah KAH-eh GOH-ah, NOO-meh-roh DOH-seh.
Good morning, I'd like to order a taxi to calle Goya, number twelve.
THEY SAY
¿Para cuándo lo quiere?
PAH-ruh koo-AHN-doh loh KYEH-reh?
When do you want it for?
They might also say:
¿A qué hora lo necesita?
Uh keh OH-ruh loh neh-seh-SEE-tuh?
What time do you need it?
in the app
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YOU REPLY
Para ahora mismo, si es posible.
PAH-ruh uh-OH-ruh MEEZ-moh, see es poh-SEE-bleh.
Right now, if possible.
THEY SAY
Llegará en cinco minutos.
Yeh-guh-RAH en SEEN-koh mee-NOO-tos.
It will arrive in five minutes.
in the app
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Le espero en el portal. Gracias.
Pehr-FEK-toh. Leh es-PEH-roh en el por-TAHL. GRAH-syuhs.
Perfect. I'll wait for you at the door. Thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Hasta ahora.
Deh NAH-duh. AHS-tuh uh-OH-ruh.
You're welcome. See you in a moment.
in the app

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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

Buenos
Boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
quisiera
kee-SYEH-ruh
verb
I would like
pedir
peh-DEER
verb
to ask for, to order
taxi
TAHK-see
noun
taxi
calle
KAH-eh
noun
street

28 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?
Todavía no hablo bien español.
Toh-duh-BEE-uh noh AH-bloh byayn es-puh-NYOL.
I don't speak Spanish well yet.

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