How to Say "Passport Application" in Spanish

solicitud de pasaporte

/soliθitud de pasapoɾte/from spelling rules

The English phrase "passport application" is translated into Spanish as solicitud de pasaporte.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of solicitud (application/request) and de pasaporte (of passport).

To make the phrase plural, you pluralize the noun solicitud to solicitudes while the noun pasaporte remains singular.

/soliθitud de pasapoɾte/

The word solicitud comes from the Latin 'sollicitudo', which originally meant 'anxiety' or 'distress'.
While solicitud is used for a passport, Spanish uses different words for 'application' in other contexts, such as postulación for a job vacancy.
The word pasaporte is a direct relative of the English 'port', as both stem from the Latin 'portus' meaning 'harbor' or 'gate'.

Necesito hacer la solicitud de pasaporte para viajar al extranjero.
I need to submit my passport application to travel abroad.
¿Ya tramitaste el pasaporte? Pronto nos vamos de vacaciones.
Have you already applied for a passport? We're going on vacation soon.
Tengo que completar la solicitud de pasaporte.
I have to complete the passport application.
La solicitud de pasaporte fue aprobada.
The passport application was approved.
Envíe su solicitud de pasaporte por correo.
Send your passport application by mail.

Javier and María are organizing their travel documents.

Javier

María, ¿ya terminaste tu solicitud de pasaporte?
María, did you already finish your passport application?
María

Todavía no, Javier. Me falta una foto.
Not yet, Javier. I am missing a photo.
Javier

Podemos ir a tomarla mañana juntos.
We can go take it together tomorrow.
María

Perfecto, así termino el trámite pronto.
Perfect, that way I finish the process soon.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, pasaporte, solicitud, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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