Phrase · 🧾 Complaints and claims
Quisiera presentar un reclamo por el mal servicio que recibí ayer.
I'd like to file a complaint about the poor service I received yesterday.
B2complainingformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Quisiera1verbI would likequerer · subjunctive · imperfect · 1st sing.presentar2verbto fileinfinitiveundeterminerauno · masc. · sing. · indefinitereclamo2nouncomplaintmasc. · sing.porprepositionforeldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitemal3adjectivepoor, badmalo · masc. · sing.servicionounservicemasc. · sing.quepronounthatrecibíverbI receivedrecibir · past · 1st sing.ayeradverbyesterday.
- Quisiera → presentar: obj
- presentar → reclamo: obj
- servicio → mal: agree
- que → servicio: ref
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Quisiera (imperfect subjunctive of querer) = I would like: the most polite way to open a request or a complaint. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 2presentar un reclamo = to file a complaint (also una queja, una reclamación).
- 3mal: malo drops its -o before a masculine singular noun. Describing nouns: adjective agreement and modifiers →
Variations
- Quisiera presentar una queja por el mal servicio que recibí ayer.
- Quisiera poner una reclamación por el mal servicio que recibí ayer.