How to Say ‘Could you make the charts, please?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Podrías hacer las gráficas, por favor?
poh-dree-as ah-SEHR lahs GRAH-fee-kahs por fah-BOHR
[poh-dree-as ah-SEHR lahs GRAH-fee-kahs por fah-BOHR]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Mexican office requests tend to be cushioned with podrías and por favor, even between peers. A bare command like Haz las gráficas can come across as bossy.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Podrías hacer
poh-dree-as ah-SEHR
Could you make
Say po-DREE-as ah-SER. The h in 'hacer' is silent.
¿Podrías hacer una lista?
Could you make a list?
Words in this phrase
Podrías
[poh-dree-as]
could you
A polite way to ask someone to do something.
¿Podrías ayudarme con esto?
Could you help me with this?
hacer
[ah-SEHR]
to do / to make
A very common verb used for doing or making something.
Necesito hacer la tarea hoy.
I need to do the homework today.
las gráficas,
lahs GRAH-fee-kahs
the charts,
Say GRAH-fee-kas, then pause briefly at the comma.
Revisé las gráficas.
I checked the charts.
Words in this phrase
las
[lahs]
the
Plural feminine definite article used before feminine plural nouns.
Las barras están bien dibujadas.
The bars are well drawn.
gráficas
[GRAH-fee-kahs]
charts / graphs
Visual representations of data, like bar or pie charts.
Las gráficas muestran los resultados.
The charts show the results.
por favor?
por fah-BOHR
please?
Say por fah-VOR, with stress on the last syllable. Your voice rises at the end because this is a question.
Un café, por favor.
A coffee, please.
Words in this phrase
por
[por]
please
Part of the polite expression por favor, used when making requests.
Por favor, muéstreme las playeras negras.
Please, show me the black T-shirts.
favor
[fah-BOHR]
favor / please
Part of por favor, a very common polite expression meaning please.
Cuando necesito otra canasta, digo: Más tortillas, por favor.
When I need another basket, I say: More tortillas, please.
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