Spanish · Contrato
You sign an employment contract: what to say in Spanish
You sign an employment contract.
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How it's done. In an employment contract (contrato de trabajo) read position, salary, hours, duration (indefinido or temporal) and the periodo de prueba (probation); ask for a copy.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
Aquí tiene el contrato. Léalo y fírmelo.Uh-KEE TYEH-neh el kohn-TRAH-toh. LEH-uh-loh ee FEER-meh-loh.
Here's the contract. Read it and sign.
They might also say:
Este es su contrato. Revíselo y fírmelo, por favor.
ES-teh es soo kohn-TRAH-toh. Reh-BEE-seh-loh ee FEER-meh-loh, por fuh-BOR.
This is your contract. Check it and sign, please.
YOU REPLY
¿Cuánto dura el periodo de prueba?
Koo-AHN-toh DOO-ruh el peh-RYOH-doh deh proo-EH-buh?
How long is the probation period?
THEY SAY
Dos meses.Dos MEH-ses.
Two months.
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YOU REPLY
Entendido. ¿Me da una copia?
Ayn-tayn-DEE-doh. Meh duh OO-nuh KOH-pyuh?
Understood. May I have a copy?
THEY SAY
Claro. Aquí tiene su copia firmada.KLAH-roh. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh soo KOH-pyuh feer-MAH-duh.
Of course. Here is your signed copy.
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YOU FINISH
Muchas gracias.
MOO-chuhs GRAH-syuhs.
Thank you very much.
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
Aquí
Uh-KEE
adverb
here
tiene
TYEH-neh
verb
has
contrato
kohn-TRAH-toh
noun
contract
Léalo
LEH-uh-loh
verb
read it
fírmelo
FEER-meh-loh
verb
sign it
dura
DOO-ruh
verb
lasts
16 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
What does this mean?
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