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You ask about holiday: what to say in Spanish
You ask about holidays.
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How it's done. Holiday is vacaciones: by law at least thirty calendar days a year; ask ¿Cuántos días de vacaciones tengo? and ¿Cómo se piden?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
¿Cuántos días de vacaciones tengo al año?
Koo-AHN-tos DEE-uhs deh buh-kuh-SYOH-nes TAYN-goh ahl AH-nyoh?
How many holiday days do I have a year?
THEY SAY
Treinta días naturales.TRAYN-tuh DEE-uhs nuh-too-RAH-les.
Thirty calendar days.
They might also say:
Treinta días al año, naturales.
TRAYN-tuh DEE-uhs ahl AH-nyoh, nuh-too-RAH-les.
Thirty days a year, calendar days.
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YOU REPLY
¿Y cómo se piden?
Ee KOH-moh seh PEE-dayn?
And how are they requested?
THEY SAY
Se lo dice a su jefe con un mes de antelación.Seh loh DEE-seh uh soo KHEH-feh kohn oon mes deh ahn-teh-luh-SYOHN.
You tell your boss a month in advance.
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YOU FINISH
Entendido. Gracias por la información.
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. GRAH-syuhs por lah een-for-muh-SYOHN.
Understood. Thanks for the information.
THEY SAY
De nada. Está todo en el contrato.Deh NAH-duh. Es-TAH TOH-doh en el kohn-TRAH-toh.
You're welcome. It's all in the contract.
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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
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
vacaciones
buh-kuh-SYOH-nes
noun
holidays, vacation
tengo
TAYN-goh
verb
I have
año
AH-nyoh
noun
year
naturales
nuh-too-RAH-les
adjective
natural
cómo
KOH-moh
adverb
how
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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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