Learn to give your personal information in Spanish — 14 real dialogues
Do you know how to say your name, address or date of birth in Spanish? These conversations come up constantly in everyday life: when checking into a hotel, arriving at a hospital, opening a bank account, signing up for a course or simply meeting someone new. If you can’t answer fluently, these situations can become very uncomfortable. In this exercise you’ll practise 14 real dialogues so that giving your personal information in Spanish feels natural and automatic.
Each dialogue has audio so you can hear the correct pronunciation, and an image to help you remember the vocabulary visually. Complete the missing word, listen to the correct answer and work through all 14 dialogues. With a little practice these phrases will stick forever.
Why is it essential to know how to give your personal details in Spanish?
Imagine these situations: you arrive at the airport and the customs officer asks: “¿Cuál es su dirección en España?” (What is your address in Spain?). Or you go to the doctor and the receptionist needs your date of birth and phone number. Or you check into a hotel and they ask for your postcode. Or you meet someone in a Spanish class and they ask: “¿A qué te dedicas?” (What do you do for a living?)
All these conversations are simple… if you have the vocabulary. Without it, even intermediate learners can freeze. That’s why this type of dialogue is one of the first topics covered at A1 level: it’s not optional vocabulary — it’s survival vocabulary.
How does the exercise work?
Listen to the dialogue and complete the missing word. You can click on the letters or type directly with your keyboard. If you don’t know the answer, use the green AYUDA (Help) button to reveal it.
What vocabulary is practised in this exercise?
- Cumpleaños — birthday. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? El tres de junio.
- Dirección — address (street, number and floor). Calle Mayor, 12, 3.º izquierda.
- Código postal — postcode / ZIP code. Mi código postal es 28001.
- Apellidos — in Spain people use two surnames: father’s first, then mother’s. Me llamo Laura García López.
- Nacionalidad — nationality, as an adjective. Soy española / colombiano / francés.
- Correo electrónico — email address. Also called el correo or el mail.
- Fecha de nacimiento — date of birth. Order in Spanish: day + de + month + de + year.
- Dedicarse — what you do for a living. ¿A qué te dedicas? Soy profesora.
Formal and informal: “tú” or “usted”?
With friends use tú. In formal situations — doctor, bank, hotel — use usted with the verb in the third person:
| Informal (tú) | Formal (usted) |
|---|---|
| ¿Cómo te llamas? | ¿Cómo se llama usted? |
| ¿Cuál es tu dirección? | ¿Cuál es su dirección? |
| ¿Cuáles son tus apellidos? | ¿Cuáles son sus apellidos? |
| ¿A qué te dedicas? | ¿A qué se dedica? |
| ¿Dónde naciste? | ¿Dónde nació usted? |
📖 For more on when to use tú and usted, the Real Academia Española has a full explanation: uso de usted en español (RAE).
Extra useful phrases
- ¿Tienes DNI? — the Spanish national identity document. Foreigners have the NIE.
- ¿Cuál es tu estado civil? — marital status: soltero/a, casado/a, divorciado/a, viudo/a.
- ¿Cuántos años llevas viviendo aquí? — How long have you been living here?
- Rellena este formulario con tus datos. — Fill in this form with your details.
- ¿Me puedes deletrear tu apellido? — Can you spell your surname?
Keep practising
✏️ You can also practise…
Short dialogues in Spanish — present tense
All present tense exercises
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