How to Say ‘Could we call it seventy?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Lo podríamos dejar en setenta?
loh poh-DREE-ah-mohs deh-HAR en seh-TEN-tah
[loh poh-DREE-ah-mohs deh-HAR en seh-TEN-tah]
💬 Usage Tip: podríamos "could we" softens the request. dejar en plus a number is the usual way to propose a price: ¿Lo deja en cien? "Will you do it for a hundred?"
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Offering a middle figure, rather than refusing to pay, is the normal way to settle a fare disagreement.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Lo podríamos dejar
loh poh-DREE-ah-mohs deh-HAR
Could we leave it
This is a polite conditional form used to negotiate. Stress: po-dri-A-mos. The 'j' in 'dejar' is a raspy 'h'.
¿Lo podríamos dejar para mañana?
Could we leave it for tomorrow?
Words in this phrase
Lo
[loh]
It
Used to refer to a thing previously mentioned or easily identified.
Lo supe cuando llegué.
I knew it when I arrived.
podríamos
[poh-DREE-ah-mohs]
We could
Indicating possibility or capability in a conditional form.
Podríamos visitar el bar primero y luego el museo.
We could visit the bar first and then the museum.
dejar
[deh-HAR]
leave / settle
Dejar en + price: to settle on an amount.
Se lo dejo en cien.
I'll let you have it for a hundred.
en setenta?
en seh-TEN-tah
at seventy?
'Dejar en' plus an amount means to settle on a price. Stress: se-TEN-ta. Raise your tone at the end.
¿Me lo deja en setenta?
Would you let me have it for seventy?
Words in this phrase
en
[en]
at (a price)
En used to state a price.
Lo vendo en cincuenta.
I sell it at fifty.
setenta
[seh-TEN-tah]
seventy
The number 70.
Mi abuela tiene setenta años.
My grandmother is seventy years old.
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