How to Say ‘I have four people’ in Mexican Spanish
Tengo cuatro personas
TEHN-goh KWAH-troh pehr-SOH-nahs
[TEHN-goh KWAH-troh pehr-SOH-nahs]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Restaurant staff say tengo to mean "I have you down for", reading off their booking list. They're not claiming the guests are with them.
Phrase Breakdown
Tengo
[TEHN-goh]
I have
From the verb 'tener'; used to state possession or that you have a problem.
Tengo una fuga en el baño.
I have a leak in the bathroom.
cuatro
[KWAH-troh]
four
The number 4.
Somos cuatro en la mesa.
There are four of us at the table.
personas
[pehr-SOH-nahs]
people
Plural of 'persona'; used to count guests.
Una mesa para seis personas.
A table for six people.
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