What do you say if the receptionist wrote your surname wrong?

You can say "Creo que escribió mal mi apellido en la pantalla" and ask "¿Puede corregir el apellido antes de imprimir el boleto?".

What's the difference between apellido paterno and apellido materno?

The apellido paterno comes from the father's family and goes first; the apellido materno comes from the mother's family and goes at the end.

The receptionist types your surname into the computer and gets it wrong from the first letter.

Creo que escribió mal mi apellido en la pantalla.

I think they typed my surname wrong on the screen.

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apellido/apeˈʝido/
surnamenoun
Family name that comes after the given name.
deletrear/deletɾeˈaɾ/
spell outverb
To say one by one the letters of a word.
letra/ˈletɾa/
letternoun
Each of the signs used to write words.
acento/aˈsento/
accent marknoun
A small mark placed over a vowel to show where the stress falls.
mayúscula/maˈʝuskula/
capital letternoun
A large-sized letter used at the start of a name or a sentence.
guion/ɡjon/
hyphennoun
A short mark written to join or split words.
paterno/paˈteɾno/
paternaladjective
Coming from the father or his family.
materno/maˈteɾno/
maternaladjective
Coming from the mother or her family.
repetir/repeˈtiɾ/
repeatverb
To say or do something again.
corregir/koreˈxiɾ/
correctverb
To remove the errors from something to make it right.

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Creo que escribió mal mi apellido en la pantalla.
I think they typed my surname wrong on the screen.
Se lo puedo deletrear despacio si quiere.
I can spell it out for you slowly if you like.
La primera letra de mi apellido va con mayúscula.
The first letter of my surname is a capital.
Mi apellido lleva acento en la última vocal.
My surname has an accent mark on the last vowel.
El nombre y el apellido van con mayúscula.
The first name and the surname are written with capital letters.
Mi segundo apellido va sin guion, todo junto.
My second surname doesn't have a hyphen, it's all one word.
Primero va el apellido paterno y luego el otro.
The paternal surname comes first, then the other one.
Mi apellido materno va al final, no al principio.
My maternal surname goes at the end, not at the beginning.
¿Me lo puede repetir para ver si quedó bien?
Could you repeat that so I can check it's right?
¿Puede corregir el apellido antes de imprimir el boleto?
Could you correct the surname before printing the ticket?

apellido/apeˈʝido/
The double l sounds like 'y' and the stress falls on 'lli'.
deletrear/deletɾeˈaɾ/
The 'e' and the 'a' at the end don't blend together: de-le-tre-ar, and the stress falls on the last syllable.
acento/aˈsento/
Here the 'c' sounds like 's': a-sen-to.
mayúscula/maˈʝuskula/
The stress falls where the accent mark is, on 'yús', not on 'cu'.
guion/ɡjon/
It's a single syllable, said in one go, not 'gu-i-on'.
corregir/koreˈxiɾ/
The 'g' sounds like the 'j', and the stress falls on the last syllable.

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How do you say "surname" in Spanish?: You say "apellido".
What do you say if the receptionist wrote your surname wrong?: You can say "Creo que escribió mal mi apellido en la pantalla" and ask "¿Puede corregir el apellido antes de imprimir el boleto?".
What's the difference between apellido paterno and apellido materno?: The apellido paterno comes from the father's family and goes first; the apellido materno comes from the mother's family and goes at the end.

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