How to Say ‘Can I ask you...?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Puedo hacerle...?
PWEH-doh ah-SEHR-leh
[PWEH-doh ah-SEHR-leh]
💬 Usage Tip: Spanish says hacer una pregunta, literally "to make a question", not preguntar una pregunta. The le joined onto the end is the polite "you"; with a friend it becomes hacerte.
Phrase Breakdown
Puedo
[PWEH-doh]
I can
First person singular of poder; expresses ability or possibility.
Puedo reunirme contigo el jueves.
I can meet with you on Thursday.
hacerle
[ah-SEHR-leh]
to ask (you), to do (to you)
Infinitive 'hacer' plus formal 'le' (to you); with 'pregunta' it means to ask you.
Quiero hacerle una consulta.
I want to ask you something.
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