Coffee Break Spanish

CBS 2.30 | Making a phone call in Spanish

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Dec 30, 2010
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ADVICE

Master Basic Phone Vocabulary

  • Learn key phone vocabulary like teléfono, número de teléfono and marcar before calling.
  • Practice stress and accents (teléfono, número) to be clearly understood on the phone.
INSIGHT

Phone Greeting Is 'Diga' Not 'Hello'

  • On Spanish phones people answer with diga or dígame rather than 'hello'.
  • These forms are polite commands from decir and function as the standard phone greeting.
ADVICE

Identify Yourself Clearly

  • Say 'Soy [name]' to identify yourself when calling, not 'Es [name]'.
  • Use '¿Está [name]?' to ask if someone is there and raise intonation for clarity.
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