How to Say ‘I'll reserve it for ten for you’ in Mexican Spanish
Se la aparto para diez
seh lah ah-PAHR-toh pah-rah DYehs
[seh lah ah-PAHR-toh pah-rah DYehs]
💬 Usage Tip: In Mexico, apartar "to set aside" is the everyday word for holding or reserving something, whether a table, a seat, or an item in a shop.
Phrase Breakdown
Se la aparto
seh lah ah-PAHR-toh
I'll reserve it for you
'Apartar' means to set aside or reserve. 'Se' (for you, formal) and 'la' (it, here 'la mesa') go before the verb. Say it smoothly: 'se-la-a-PAR-to'.
Se la aparto hasta las ocho.
I'll hold it for you until eight.
Words in this phrase
Se
[seh]
to you
Replaces 'le' before lo; formal 'to you'.
Se lo traigo enseguida.
I'll bring it to you right away.
la
[lah]
it (feminine)
Object pronoun referring to a feminine noun, here the table.
La mesa se la doy ahora.
I'll give you the table now.
aparto
[ah-PAHR-toh]
I set aside / I hold
From 'apartar'; in Mexico, to reserve or hold something.
Le aparto dos lugares.
I'll hold two spots for you.
para diez
pah-rah DYehs
for ten
'Para' plus a number gives the number of people. In Mexico 'diez' is pronounced 'dyes', with an s sound.
Una mesa para diez, por favor.
A table for ten, please.
Words in this phrase
para
[pah-rah]
for
Used to indicate the purpose or destination.
Este regalo es para ti.
This gift is for you.
diez
[DYehs]
Ten
The number equivalent to the product of five and two.
Tengo diez manzanas.
I have ten apples.
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