How to Say ‘Can I squeeze in for a second?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Me dejas pasar un segundo?
meh DEH-hahs pah-SAR oon seh-GOON-doh
[meh DEH-hahs pah-SAR oon seh-GOON-doh]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: dejas is the casual form, fine with fellow fans your age. With an older person or staff, ¿Me deja pasar? sounds more respectful.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Me dejas pasar
meh DEH-hahs pah-SAR
Can you let me through
'Me dejas' means 'you let me', and 'pasar' means 'to pass'. Stress falls on 'DE-jas' and 'pa-SAR'.
¿Me dejas pasar, por favor?
Can you let me through, please?
Words in this phrase
Me
[meh]
to me / me
Indirect object pronoun used with verbs like interesar to mean 'to me'.
Me interesa trabajar en marketing.
I am interested in working in marketing.
dejas
[DEH-hahs]
you let
From 'dejar', to allow.
¿Me dejas pasar?
Will you let me through?
pasar
[pah-SAR]
to pass / to get through
Verb meaning to go through or cross a place.
No podemos pasar por aquí.
We can't get through here.
un segundo?
oon seh-GOON-doh
for a second
'Un segundo' means 'one second' and softens the request. Stress falls on 'gun': se-GUN-do.
Espera un segundo.
Wait a second.
Words in this phrase
un
[oon]
a
Part of un poco, a set phrase meaning a little.
Con gusto te cuento Un poco de nuestra historia.
Gladly, I’ll tell you a little about our history.
segundo
[seh-GOON-doh]
second
The smallest common unit of time; also means 'second' in order.
Solo tardo un segundo.
I'll only take a second.
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