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Scene illustrating a Spain Spanish-language team meetings at work conversation

Key Phrases

Perdona, ¿tienes un momento?

Excuse me, do you have a moment?

No he entendido bien lo de la fecha

I didn't quite understand the thing about the date

Yo te ayudo con los números

I'll help you with the numbers

Skills You'll Learn

Politely apologizing and getting someone's attention

Pedir disculpas educadamente y captar la atención de alguien

Expressing that you didn't understand something and asking for clarification

Expresar que no se ha entendido algo y pedir aclaración

Offering help and responding politely to thanks

Ofrecer ayuda y responder con cortesía a un agradecimiento

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you're at work in Spain after a meeting. You want to ask your coworker Lucía about the report's deadline and who should send it.

Perdona, Lucía, ¿tienes un momento?

Sorry, Lucía, have you got a moment?

Sí, claro. Dime.

Yes, of course. Go ahead.

En la reunión no he entendido bien lo de la fecha.

In the meeting I didn't quite catch the part about the date.

El informe es para el viernes, no para el lunes.

The report is due Friday, not Monday.

¿Este viernes o el próximo?

This Friday or next Friday?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

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Perdona

pehr-DOH-nah

Excuse me

💬 Perdona is the form for someone you address as tú. With usted it becomes perdone.

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¿Tienes un momento?

TYEH-nehs oon moh-MEN-toh

Do you have a moment?

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Perdona, Lucía, ¿tienes un momento?

pehr-DOH-nah loo-THEE-ah TYEH-nehs oon moh-MEN-toh

Sorry, Lucía, have you got a moment?

🇪🇸 Most Spanish offices use first names and tú, even with your manager, so this is a normal way to catch a colleague after a meeting.

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Sí, claro.

see KLAH-roh

Yes, of course.

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Dime.

DEE-meh

Go ahead.

💬 Dime is di "say" with me "me" stuck on the end. Same pattern: cuéntame, ayúdame "help me".

🇪🇸 Short as it is, this isn't rude. Colleagues in Spain say it all the time to mean "I'm listening".

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En la reunión

en lah reh-oo-NYOHN

In the meeting

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No he entendido

noh eh en-ten-DEE-doh

I haven't understood

💬 In Spain, he entendido is used for something that just happened, like a point made minutes ago. Much of Latin America would say no entendí instead.

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No he entendido bien

noh eh en-ten-DEE-doh byehn

I didn't quite understand

🇪🇸 Saying you didn't understand is a soft, face-saving way to ask for a repeat. It puts the gap on you, not on the speaker.

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Lo de la fecha

loh deh lah FEH-chah

The part about the date

💬 Lo de plus a topic means "the thing about", a handy way to point back to any item. Swap it: lo del presupuesto "the budget thing".

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