Reporting stolen wedding ring: Explaining when and where it happened
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Key Phrases
Quiero denunciar un robo.
I want to report a theft.
¿Dónde pasó? / ¿A qué hora, más o menos?
Where did it happen? / At what time, more or less?
Aquí tiene su copia de la denuncia.
Here's your copy of the report.
Skills You'll Learn
How to report a theft to the police
Cómo reportar un robo a la policía
How to describe where and when an incident occurred
Cómo describir dónde y cuándo ocurrió un incidente
How to end a formal interaction politely
Cómo finalizar una interacción formal de manera educada
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at a police station in Madrid. You want to report that your wedding ring was stolen on the metro yesterday.
Perdone, buenos días. Quiero denunciar un robo.
Excuse me, good morning. I want to report a theft.
Buenos días. ¿Qué le han robado?
Good morning. What was stolen from you?
Mi anillo de boda. Me lo robaron ayer.
My wedding ring. It was stolen yesterday.
Lo siento mucho. ¿Dónde pasó?
I'm very sorry. Where did it happen?
En el metro, en la estación de Sol.
On the metro, at Sol station.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Perdone
pehr-DOH-neh
Excuse me
💬 Perdone is the polite form for strangers and officials. With a friend it becomes perdona.
🇪🇸 This is the natural way to get the attention of the officer at a police-station desk before stating your business.
See breakdown →Quiero denunciar
KYEH-roh deh-noon-THYAR
I want to report
💬 denunciar here simply means filing a report with the police. It doesn't carry the harsh 'denounce' sense English suggests.
🇪🇸 In Spain you report thefts at a comisaría "police station". Insurers usually won't pay out without the denuncia "police report" this produces.
See breakdown →Un robo
oon ROH-boh
A theft
Quiero denunciar un robo.
KYEH-roh deh-noon-THYAR oon ROH-boh
I want to report a theft.
💬 Quiero plus a basic verb is a handy way to say what you've come to do. Swap the end: Quiero denunciar una pérdida "I want to report a loss".
🇪🇸 This is the opening line at a comisaría "police station" of the Policía Nacional. Say it at the front desk and they'll take it from there.
See breakdown →¿Qué le han robado?
keh leh an roh-BAH-doh
What was stolen from you?
💬 Spanish usually says what was taken "from" someone with a small word in front of the verb: here le means "from you". With me instead it becomes Me han robado el móvil "My phone has been stolen".
See breakdown →Mi anillo de boda.
mee ah-NEE-yoh deh BOH-dah
My wedding ring.
💬 de links two nouns where English just puts them side by side, and the main thing comes first: a ring of wedding. Same pattern: vestido de boda "wedding dress".
See breakdown →Me lo robaron ayer.
meh loh rroh-BAH-rohn ah-YEHR
It was stolen from me yesterday.
💬 Spanish says 'they stole it from me': me is the victim and lo is the thing. For a feminine item it's me la robaron, as in la cartera "the wallet".
See breakdown →Lo siento mucho.
loh SYEHN-toh MOO-choh
I'm very sorry.
¿Dónde pasó?
DOHN-deh pah-SOH
Where did it happen?
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