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How to Say ‘I can't hear you at all’ in Mexican Spanish

No te escucho nada

noh teh es-KOO-choh NAH-dah

[noh teh es-KOO-choh NAH-dah]

💬 Usage Tip: Spanish happily stacks negatives: no plus nada at the end adds "at all" rather than cancelling out. Same pattern: no veo nada "I can't see a thing".

Phrase Breakdown

No te escucho

noh teh es-KOO-choh

I can't hear you

'Escuchar' means 'to hear/listen'. Spanish uses the present tense here. Say no-te-es-KU-cho.

Example

Habla más fuerte, no te escucho.

Speak louder, I can't hear you.

Words in this phrase

[noh]

no / not

Negates the verb to show something is not working.

Example

No funciona el calentador del agua.

The water heater is not working.

[teh]

you

Indicates the person being addressed.

Example

A 'ti' te gusta más el azul, ¿cierto?

'You' like the blue one more, right?

escucho

[es-KOO-choh]

I hear

First-person present of 'escuchar', to hear or listen.

Example

No escucho bien por el ruido.

I can't hear well because of the noise.

nada

[NAH-dah]

nothing / anything

“Nada” means nothing. After a negative, it often translates as “anything.”

Example

No hace falta traer nada a la comida.

There is no need to bring anything to the meal.

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