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You ask about registration with social security: what to say in Spanish
You ask about registration with social security.
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How it's done. The employer must register you with Seguridad Social (alta) before work starts and give you a document; check later via your vida laboral.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
¿Me han dado de alta en la Seguridad Social?
Meh ahn DAH-doh deh AHL-tuh en lah Seh-goo-ree-DAHD Soh-SYAHL?
Have I been registered with Social Security?
THEY SAY
Sí, desde el primer día. Aquí tiene el justificante.See, DEZ-deh el pree-MEHR DEE-uh. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh el khoos-tee-fee-KAHN-teh.
Yes, from the first day. Here's the confirmation.
They might also say:
Sí, le dimos de alta el primer día. Le doy el documento.
See, leh DEE-mos deh AHL-tuh el pree-MEHR DEE-uh. Leh doy el doh-koo-MAYN-toh.
Yes, we registered you the first day. I'll give you the document.
2
YOU REPLY
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
THEY SAY
De nada. Que tenga buen trabajo.Deh NAH-duh. Keh TAYN-guh boo-AYN truh-BAH-khoh.
You're welcome. Have a good time at work.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Hasta luego.
GRAH-syuhs. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thanks. See you later.
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
han
ahn
verb
have (auxiliary: they)
dado
DAH-doh
verb
given
alta
AHL-tuh
noun
registration, enrolment
Seguridad
Seh-goo-ree-DAHD
noun
safety
Social
Soh-SYAHL
adjective
social
Sí
See
adverb
yes
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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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