Spanish · Matrícula / homologación
You ask how much the course costs and whether you can pay in instalments: what to say in Spanish
You ask how much the course costs and whether you can pay in instalments.
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How it's done. The cost of study is made of credits (créditos) you enrol in for the year; payment can be split into plazos (instalments) if you ask at the secretaría.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
¿Cuánto cuesta la matrícula este año?
Koo-AHN-toh koo-ES-tuh lah muh-TREE-koo-luh ES-teh AH-nyoh?
How much does the enrolment cost this year?
THEY SAY
Depende de los créditos. Unos mil doscientos euros al año.Deh-PAYN-deh deh los KREH-dee-tos. OO-nos meel dos-SYAYN-tos EH-oo-ros ahl AH-nyoh.
It depends on the credits. About twelve hundred euros a year.
They might also say:
Se paga por créditos. Son más o menos mil doscientos euros anuales.
Seh PAH-guh por KREH-dee-tos. Sohn mahs oh MEH-nos meel dos-SYAYN-tos EH-oo-ros uh-noo-AH-les.
It's paid per credit. It's about twelve hundred euros a year.
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YOU REPLY
¿Se puede pagar en plazos?
Seh poo-EH-deh puh-GAHR en PLAH-sos?
Can one pay in instalments?
THEY SAY
Sí, en tres plazos.See, en tres PLAH-sos.
Yes, in three instalments.
3
YOU FINISH
Perfecto. Gracias.
Pehr-FEK-toh. GRAH-syuhs.
Perfect. Thank you.
THEY SAY
De nada. Puede elegir los plazos en secretaría.Deh NAH-duh. Poo-EH-deh eh-leh-KHEER los PLAH-sos en seh-kreh-tuh-REE-uh.
You're welcome. You can choose the instalments at the office.
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
cuesta
koo-ES-tuh
verb
costs
matrícula
muh-TREE-koo-luh
noun
enrolment
año
AH-nyoh
noun
year
Depende
Deh-PAYN-deh
verb
depends
créditos
KREH-dee-tos
noun
credits
euros
EH-oo-ros
noun
euros
19 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?
¿Puede escribírmelo, por favor?
Poo-EH-deh es-kree-BEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR?
Can you write it down for me, please?
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