How to Say ‘I'm here to renew my resident card.’ in Mexican Spanish
Vengo a renovar mi tarjeta de residente.
BEN-goh ah rreh-noh-VAHR mee tahr-HEH-tah deh rreh-see-DEHN-teh
[BEN-goh ah rreh-noh-VAHR mee tahr-HEH-tah deh rreh-see-DEHN-teh]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: This is a good opening line at the INM front desk, where staff sort people by what they've come to do. Lead with it, after a buenos días "good morning".
Phrase Breakdown
Vengo a renovar
BEN-goh ah rreh-noh-VAHR
I'm here to renew
'Vengo a' plus a verb means 'I've come to do something', a polite way to state why you're at an office. Say 'renovar' as reh-noh-BAR, with a stressed final syllable and a soft 'v' that sounds like 'b'.
Vengo a renovar mi pasaporte.
I'm here to renew my passport.
Words in this phrase
Vengo
[BEN-goh]
I come
From 'venir'; 'I am coming (from)'.
Vengo de la oficina.
I'm coming from the office.
a
[ah]
to
Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.
Voy a a la mesa de empresas internacionales.
I'm going to the table of international companies.
renovar
[rreh-noh-VAHR]
to renew
Infinitive verb meaning to extend or replace a document that is expiring.
Necesito renovar mi licencia.
I need to renew my license.
mi tarjeta de residente.
mee tahr-HEH-tah deh rreh-see-DEHN-teh
my resident card.
This is the object of the sentence. Say it smoothly in one breath: mee tar-HEH-tah deh reh-see-DEN-teh.
Perdí mi tarjeta de residente.
I lost my resident card.
Words in this phrase
mi
[mee]
my
Used to show possession, belonging to the speaker.
Mi coche es azul.
My car is blue.
tarjeta
[tahr-HEH-tah]
card
A bank card used to pay; credit or debit card.
¿Puedo pagar con tarjeta?
Can I pay by card?
de
[deh]
of
A preposition that links nouns, often meaning “of” or “about.”
En «cultura de trabajo», «de» conecta las dos ideas.
In “work culture,” “de” connects the two ideas.
residente
[rreh-see-DEHN-teh]
resident
A person who legally lives in a country.
Ella es residente permanente.
She is a permanent resident.
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