How do you say "what" in Spanish when you want to communicate that you didn't hear what someone said to you?

Question

I know that "Que" means what, but I'm not sure if it should be used in the same way or if that would be considered rude.

Answer 1

It's better if you use "perdón" or "mande" instead of "qué".
"Qué" sounds rude in this case.

Answer 2

Qué? is a rude way of answering.
It'd be better if you answered:
-Si? (this can also be followed by a title like señor, señorita, señora, patrón, jefe, joven, etc.)
-Qué desea?
-En qué le puedo ayudar?
-Diga
-Mande

Now, if you didn't catch the question you could ask
Cómo dijo?
Podría repetir la pregunta?
Disculpe, no escuché bien su pregunta.

Answer 3

Perdoname?

Answer 4

¿perdon? (like parden me) is polite
¡mande! (is the command to send) very common. used with people you are familiar
with.
¿que? what? impolite,, not recommended.

Answer 5

you can also say "como como?" instead of "que" if you didn't hear what someone said

Answer 6

Depends on where you are. In Mexico it's ¿Mande? and in Spain it's ¿Cómo?

I wouldn´t use Qué. You can never go wrong with ¿Perdón?

Answer 7

It is rude, and lower caste to say "que" when you mean "what". What you say is "Mande?" pronounced "Monday?". Or you can say "?Mande Me?" Like please repeat. I found that one out the hard way, my partner is Mexican. LOL

P.S. Why the three thumbs down??

Answer 8

repite por favor

it means repite it please
my teacher made us say it when we didnt hear him or understand him

Answer 9

you can say "perdón, no lo entendí bien"
or "que?", como?; como dijiste? ; they are all fine


Chau! from argentina!

Answer 10

I don't know what pardon is in spanish but say that, it is much more polite.