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How to Say ‘We'll hold the table for you’ in Mexican Spanish

Le guardamos la mesa

leh gwahr-DAH-mohs lah MEH-sah

[leh gwahr-DAH-mohs lah MEH-sah]

💬 Usage Tip: Spanish often uses the present for near-future promises: le guardamos "we'll hold." le here means "for you" in the polite usted form.

Phrase Breakdown

Le guardamos

leh gwahr-DAH-mohs

We'll hold for you

'Le' means 'for you' (formal). Say it as 'le gwar-DA-mos'.

Example

Le guardamos su lugar.

We'll save your spot for you.

Words in this phrase

Le

[leh]

to you

Referring to the action directed at the listener.

Example

Lo que le preocupa está resuelto.

What concerns you is resolved.

guardamos

[gwahr-DAH-mohs]

we hold / keep

Present tense of 'guardar', first person plural.

Example

Guardamos tu lugar.

We'll save your spot.

la mesa

lah MEH-sah

the table

Keep the article with the noun: 'la ME-sa'.

Example

La mesa está lista.

The table is ready.

Words in this phrase

la

[lah]

the

Feminine singular definite article used before a feminine noun.

Example

La frase «La cultura de trabajo» empieza con «La».

The phrase “The work culture” begins with “La.”

mesa

[MEH-sah]

Table

Piece of furniture with a flat top and legs.

Example

La mesa está reservada a nombre de Juan.

The table is reserved in the name of Juan.

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