Team meetings at work: Asking someone to repeat or clarify a point

💬 After a clock time, "in the morning" is de la mañana, not en. Same pattern: de la tarde "in the afternoon", de la noche "at night".

💬 Times use las because horas is understood: a las diez. The only exception is one o'clock: a la una.

🇲🇽 In a meeting, perdón is the natural way to interrupt politely or admit you missed something. Mexicans also often say ¿Mande? "Pardon?" when they didn't catch what was said.

💬 te means "you" and sits before the verb, not after it as in English. With someone you address formally, swap it: No le entendí bien.

🇲🇽 Saying you didn't understand is softer than asking someone to speak more clearly, so it lands as polite even with a boss.

💬 The little words go before the verb in a fixed order: me "to me" first, then lo "it". Same order with other verbs: ¿Me lo explicas? "Can you explain it to me?"

💬 correo by itself usually means email at work; the full form is correo electrónico. Same pattern: por teléfono "by phone".

💬 correo by itself means email at work, short for correo electrónico. mandar is the everyday Mexican verb for "send", more common than enviar in speech.

💬 The accent matters: sí is "yes", while si without it means "if".

🇲🇽 In Mexico ahorita can mean right now, in a little while, or never, depending on tone. If you need it immediately, ask ¿Ahorita ahorita? or name a time.

💬 When two little words like these meet, te "to you" comes before lo. Spanish often uses the present mando for something you're about to do.

🇲🇽 Muy amable is the go-to polite thanks when someone agrees to do something for you, a bit warmer than plain gracias. It works with colleagues and bosses alike.

💬 nos vemos is literally "we see each other", which is how Spanish says "see you". It's a set goodbye that works in any setting.

💬 Spanish puts el in front of a day instead of saying "on": el martes "on Tuesday". Make it plural for habits: los martes "on Tuesdays".