# How long is maternity or paternity leave?

Question 5009 · Task 5 · Spanish society · CCSE 2026

**In Spanish, as in the exam:** ¿Cuánto dura el permiso de maternidad o paternidad?

- a) 12 semanas. (12 weeks.)
- b) 19 semanas. (19 weeks.) · Right answer
- c) 22 semanas. (22 weeks.)

**Right answer:** b) 19 semanas.

## Why

Leave for birth or adoption is 19 weeks for each parent. It is the same for the mother and the father, and each one has their own leave, which cannot be passed to the other.

Question 5009 of the Manual de preparación de la prueba CCSE 2026 © Instituto Cervantes: https://cervantes.org/sites/public/produccion/files/2026-10/manual-preparacion-prueba-ccse-2026.pdf

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