
Basic time: Scheduling a time for the appointment
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Key Phrases
Quisiera hacer una cita, por favor.
I'd like to make an appointment, please.
¿A nombre de quién?
Under what name?
El jueves a las cuatro de la tarde.
Thursday at four in the afternoon.
Skills You'll Learn
How to politely request an appointment
Cómo pedir una cita de manera cortés
How to specify days and times for an appointment
Cómo especificar días y horas para una cita
How to give your name and confirm reservation details
Cómo dar tu nombre y confirmar detalles de una reservación
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're calling an office in Mexico. You want to make an appointment for Thursday.
Buenas tardes. Quisiera hacer una cita, por favor.
Good afternoon. I'd like to make an appointment, please.
Buenas tardes. Claro, ¿para qué día?
Good afternoon. Sure, for what day?
Para el jueves, si se puede.
For Thursday, if possible.
El jueves tengo a las diez o a las cuatro.
On Thursday I have ten or four o'clock.
A las cuatro, por favor.
Four o'clock, please.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Buenas tardes.
BWEH-nahs TAR-dehs
Good afternoon.
🇲🇽 In Mexico, open with a greeting like this before asking for anything. Going straight to your request can come across as abrupt, even on the phone.
See breakdown →Una cita
OO-nah SEE-tah
An appointment
💬 cita also means a romantic date. Context usually makes it clear, and cita con el doctor "appointment with the doctor" leaves no doubt.
See breakdown →Hacer una cita
ah-SEHR OO-nah SEE-tah
To make an appointment
💬 Spanish uses hacer "to do / make" here, just like English "make". The same verb works for other bookings: hacer una reservación "to make a reservation".
See breakdown →Quisiera hacer una cita, por favor.
kee-SYEH-rah ah-SEHR OO-nah SEE-tah pohr fah-VOHR
I'd like to make an appointment, please.
💬 Quisiera is a softer, more polite "I'd like" than quiero "I want". Use it at the start of any request: Quisiera un café "I'd like a coffee".
See breakdown →Claro
KLAH-roh
Of course
¿Para qué día?
pah-rah keh DEE-ah
For what day?
Claro, ¿para qué día?
KLAH-roh pah-rah keh DEE-ah
Sure, for what day?
El jueves
el HWEH-behs
On Thursday
💬 Spanish has no word for "on" with days. el does that job. Make it plural for a habit: los jueves "on Thursdays".
See breakdown →Para el jueves
pah-rah el HWEH-behs
For Thursday
💬 para marks the day something is booked for. Swap in any day: para el lunes "for Monday", para mañana "for tomorrow".
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