llegando pronto
/ʝeɡando pɾonto/from spelling rules
In Spanish, arriving soon is expressed as llegando pronto.
The phrase is used to indicate that someone or something will reach a destination in a short amount of time. You can also use está por llegar or está al caer if you want to express more urgency, suggesting that something is about to arrive.
Which one should you use?
While llegando pronto is a literal translation of the gerund phrase, it is often more natural in Spanish to use the future tense llegará pronto to communicate that something will arrive soon. If you want to be informal and suggest something is coming very soon, you might use llegando enseguida. For a formal context, En breve llegará can be used to mean 'it will arrive shortly'.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Argentina, you can replace llegando enseguida with ya casi llego.
How does it change in a sentence?
Although llegando pronto uses the gerund form, it is much more common in Spanish to use the future tense llegará pronto to express the same idea of arriving soon.
How do you pronounce it?
/ʝeɡando pɾonto/
Did you know?
- In many Spanish speaking cultures, saying you are llegando when you have not yet left your house is a common social courtesy to avoid admitting you are late.
- If you are waiting for a person and they say they are al caer, they are using a colorful idiom that literally translates to 'about to fall'.
- The phrase enseguida used in llegando enseguida contains the word for 'second' segundo, implying the arrival will happen in a matter of seconds.
Examples in context
- Estimada Sra. Rodríguez, su invitación para el evento será enviada pronto. En breve llegará a su domicilio.Dear Mrs. Rodríguez, your invitation for the event will be sent shortly. It will arrive at your home soon.
- Hola amigos, estoy en camino. Llegando enseguida. ¡Nos vemos!Hello friends, I'm on my way. Arriving right away. See you soon!
Example conversation
Elena and Mateo are waiting for a friend at a restaurant.
- ElenaElena, ¿sabes dónde está nuestro amigo?Elena, do you know where our friend is?
- MateoSí, me dijo que está llegando pronto.Yes, he told me that he is arriving soon.
- ElenaQué bueno, ya tengo mucha hambre.That's good, I'm already very hungry.
- MateoYo también, Mateo. Esperemos con calma.Me too, Mateo. Let's wait patiently.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
