
Team meetings at work: Asking someone to repeat or clarify a point
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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
Perdona
pehr-DOH-nah
Excuse me
💬 Perdona is the form for someone you address as tú. With usted it becomes perdone.
See breakdown →¿Tienes un momento?
TYEH-nehs oon moh-MEN-toh
Do you have a moment?
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.
See breakdown →Sí, claro.
see KLAH-roh
Yes, of course.
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".
See breakdown →En la reunión
en lah reh-oo-NYOHN
In the meeting
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.
See breakdown →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.
See breakdown →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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