Spanish · Oferta de trabajo
You phone about a job advert: what to say in Spanish
You phone about a job advert.
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How it's done. Jobs are looked up on InfoJobs, Indeed, at the employment service or on notice boards; oferta de empleo is a vacancy, puesto a position, currículum (CV) a résumé.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Hostelería Los Pinos, buenos días.Os-teh-leh-REE-uh Los PEE-nos, boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs.
Los Pinos restaurant, good morning.
YOU REPLY
Buenos días, llamo por la oferta de camarero. ¿Sigue disponible?
Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, YAH-moh por lah oh-FEHR-tuh deh kuh-muh-REH-roh. SEE-geh dees-poh-NEE-bleh?
Good morning, I'm calling about the waiter's job. Is it still available?
THEY SAY
Sí. ¿Tiene experiencia?See. TYEH-neh eks-peh-RYAYN-syuh?
Yes. Do you have experience?
They might also say:
Sí, sigue abierta. ¿Ha trabajado antes de camarero?
See, SEE-geh uh-BYEHR-tuh. Uh truh-buh-KHAH-doh AHN-tes deh kuh-muh-REH-roh?
Yes, it's still open. Have you worked as a waiter before?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, dos años en mi país.
See, dos AH-nyos en mee puh-EES.
Yes, two years in my country.
THEY SAY
Pues venga mañana con el currículum.Poo-ES BAYN-guh muh-NYAH-nuh kohn el koor-REE-koo-loom.
Then come tomorrow with your CV.
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YOU FINISH
Perfecto. ¿A qué hora puedo ir?
Pehr-FEK-toh. Uh keh OH-ruh poo-EH-doh eer?
Perfect. What time can I come?
THEY SAY
A las once. Pregunte por el encargado.Uh lahs OHN-seh. Preh-GOON-teh por el ayn-kuhr-GAH-doh.
At eleven. Ask for the manager.
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
Hostelería
Os-teh-leh-REE-uh
noun
hospitality industry
Pinos
PEE-nos
noun
pines
buenos
boo-EH-nos
adjective
good (masc. plural)
días
DEE-uhs
noun
days
llamo
YAH-moh
verb
I call
oferta
oh-FEHR-tuh
noun
offer
29 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.
¿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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