How to Say ‘We can stop.’ in Mexican Spanish
Podemos parar.
poh-DEH-mohs pah-RAHR
[poh-DEH-mohs pah-RAHR]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Suggesting [Podemos parar] can sound cooperative instead of demanding, which helps in a payment problem. In a taxi dispute, sounding solution-focused often gets better results than sounding accusatory.
Phrase Breakdown
Podemos
[poh-DEH-mohs]
we can
Used to make a suggestion involving both speaker and listener.
Podemos parar en la esquina.
We can stop at the corner.
parar
[pah-RAHR]
to stop
In this context, stopping the taxi for a moment.
Podemos parar junto al banco.
We can stop next to the bank.
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