Phrase · 📨 Passing on messages
¿Quiere dejarle algún recado?
Would you like to leave a message for him?
B1taking and leaving messagesformalAudio · coming soon
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The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Quiere…? with usted: a polite offer on the phone or at a reception desk. Subject pronouns and forms of address: tú, usted, ustedes →
- 2dejarle = leave for him / her: le attaches to the infinitive (or ¿Le quiere dejar…?). Double object pronouns (se lo) and clitic placement →
- 3algún: alguno drops -o before a masculine singular noun. Indefinites and double negation →
- 4el recado = a message passed on by someone else; mensaje also works.
Variations
- ¿Le quiere dejar algún recado?
- ¿Quieres dejarle un mensaje?