¿estás disponible?
To say "are you available?" in Spanish, you say ¿estás disponible?
This phrase is used to ask if someone is free to talk or meet at a certain time.
Which one should you use?
While ¿estás disponible? is perfectly correct, the phrase ¿estás libre? is often more common in casual, everyday conversation among friends.
How does it change in a sentence?
If you are asking a group of people if they are available, use the plural form ¿están disponibles?
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking cultures, asking ¿estás libre? can be misinterpreted as asking if a person is single and not in a romantic relationship.
- While disponible is common in business, if you use it in a romantic context, it can sound like you are treating a person like an object or a resource.
- The word disponible comes from the Medieval Latin dispōnibilis, which evolved from the Latin dispōnō meaning 'to arrange' or 'to set in order'.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries disponible, CC BY-SA 4.0.
