llámame mañana
/ʝamame maɲana/from spelling rules
The English phrase "call me tomorrow" is translated into Spanish as llámame mañana.
This phrase is a request for someone to telephone the speaker on the following day.
How does it change in a sentence?
When addressing a single person, use llámame for informal situations and llámeme for formal situations. If you are addressing more than one person, you must use the plural imperative llámenme instead of llámame.
How do you pronounce it?
/ʝamame maɲana/
Did you know?
- In some Latin American cultures, a request to 'call me tomorrow' might be interpreted as a polite way to delay a conversation, rather than a literal instruction to use the telephone.
- While mañana means 'tomorrow', it is also used to describe a general future time that may never happen. A phrase like lo hacemos mañana can imply 'we will do it eventually' rather than exactly the next day.
- The verb llamar means both 'to call' on the phone and 'to name'. While llámame in this phrase refers to telephony, the same word is used to ask someone's name.
Examples in context
- Llámame mañana por la tarde.Call me tomorrow in the afternoon.
- Si tienes dudas, llámame mañana.If you have doubts, call me tomorrow.
- No te olvides, llámame mañana.Don't forget, call me tomorrow.
Example conversation
Daniel is leaving the office and talking to Sofía.
- DanielTengo mucho trabajo ahora, llámame mañana.I have a lot of work now, call me tomorrow.
- SofíaEstá bien, Daniel, te llamaré.Okay, Daniel, I will call you.
- Daniel¿A qué hora te viene bien?What time works for you?
- SofíaTe llamaré a las diez de la mañana.I will call you at ten in the morning.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
