Spanish · Biblioteca / comedor
You borrow a book from the library: what to say in Spanish
You borrow a book at the library.
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How it's done. A library book is borrowed on your card (carné) and returned by the due date (fecha de devolución); for lateness the library may suspend borrowing.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, quiero sacar este libro.
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, KYEH-roh suh-KAHR ES-teh LEE-broh.
Good morning, I want to borrow this book.
THEY SAY
¿Tiene el carné de la biblioteca?TYEH-neh el kuhr-NEH deh lah bee-blyoh-TEH-kuh?
Do you have the library card?
They might also say:
¿Me enseña su carné de biblioteca?
Meh ayn-SEH-nyuh soo kuhr-NEH deh bee-blyoh-TEH-kuh?
May I see your library card?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, aquí lo tengo.
See, uh-KEE loh TAYN-goh.
Yes, here it is.
THEY SAY
Puede tenerlo dos semanas. Hay que devolverlo antes del día veintiocho.Poo-EH-deh teh-NEHR-loh dos seh-MAH-nuhs. Igh keh deh-bol-BEHR-loh AHN-tes del DEE-uh bayn-TYOH-choh.
You may keep it two weeks. It has to be returned before the twenty-eighth.
3
YOU FINISH
Entendido, gracias.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh, GRAH-syuhs.
Understood, thanks.
THEY SAY
De nada. Buena lectura.Deh NAH-duh. Boo-EH-nuh lek-TOO-ruh.
You're welcome. Enjoy the reading.
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
quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
sacar
suh-KAHR
verb
to take out, to get
libro
LEE-broh
noun
book
carné
kuhr-NEH
noun
ID card, licence
25 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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