how do you translate "may I put you on hold while I check on that?" from English to Spanish?
2007-06-06 08:43:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Lo(a) puedo poner en la liña de espera?
2007-06-06 08:47:50 · answer #1 · answered by Damian S 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
That's an interesting one... from my experience living and traveling all over Latin America and Spain, I have never, ever observed (or experienced myself) that situation, in the form of a question. In other words, when one of the persons on the phone needs to place the other one on hold, for whatever reason, they don't ask if they can do it. Instead, they just inform the other person that they ARE(!) placing them on hold, usually telling them something like:
"permítame un momento" = "allow me a moment",
or
"espérese un momento" = "wait a moment",
or
"regreso en un momento" = "I'll be back in a moment",
or
"permítame" = "allow me"
or something of the like. The next thing, you hear a "click", and realize that you have been placed on hold. So, I don't know of any idiomatic expression equivalent to what you are asking. Sorry!
Hope it helps!
2007-06-06 09:04:49 · answer #2 · answered by Cisco 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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how do you translate "may I put you on hold while I check on that?" from English to Spanish?
2015-08-07 16:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by Hashim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lo(la) puedo poner en espera mientras verifico eso?
2007-06-06 08:55:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In Spain they usually just say "Un momento / momentito, por favor."
2007-06-06 08:47:08 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Puedo ponerle/la en espera mientras compruebo (or verifico) eso?" (formal)
2007-06-06 12:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by usbc s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's different ways of saying it:
"Lo puedo poner en espera un momentito, mientras le averiguo eso?" (Translates roughly to: "May I put you on hold for a moment, while I find that out for you?")
"Puede esperar un momentito, en lo que le averiguo eso?" (Can you please hold/wait for a moment, while I find that out for you?)
"Un momento, por favor, en lo que le averiguo eso." (One minute, please, while I find that out for you.)
Hope this helps! :)
2007-06-06 08:54:36 · answer #7 · answered by Saiph 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no creo que el verbo existe, si no me equivoco.
i do not beleive the verb exists, if i am not mistaken, but you can say:
espere un momento; no cuelgue por favor.
2007-06-06 09:53:47 · answer #8 · answered by mary i 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The literal translation is: ¿te puedo poner en espera?
¿Te puedo dejar en espera?
2007-06-06 08:49:44 · answer #9 · answered by Patito 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"Puedo (por favor) ponerlo (la) en espera?"
2007-06-06 08:47:39 · answer #10 · answered by Fan-tico 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋