How to Say "Coming to You" in Spanish

yendo hacia ti

/ʝendo aθja ti/from spelling rules

The English phrase "coming to you" is translated into Spanish as yendo hacia ti.

This phrase is used to describe movement in the direction of the person being spoken to.

How do you pronounce it?

/ʝendo aθja ti/

The word hacia has a surprising historical origin in the Latin phrase faciem ad, which literally means 'facing towards' the person or object.
While English uses 'coming' to describe movement toward the listener, Spanish uses yendo, which literally means 'going'.

Señora López, estoy dirigiéndome hacia usted para entregarle los documentos requeridos.
Mrs. López, I am heading towards you to deliver the requested documents.
¡Hey Juan! Estoy yendo hacia ti para ayudarte con los preparativos de la fiesta.
Hey Juan! I am coming to you to help with the party preparations.
María, estoy yendo para tu casa. ¿Quieres que te traiga algo?
María, I am coming to your place. Do you want me to bring you something?
Amelia, estoy en camino hacia ti. Voy a recogerte en 10 minutos.
Amelia, I am on my way to you. I will pick you up in 10 minutes.
Chicos, estoy yendo hacia ustedes para la reunión de planificación del evento.
Guys, I am coming to you for the event planning meeting.
Estoy yendo hacia ti ahora mismo.
I am coming to you right now.

Alejandro is walking toward Lucía in a park.

Alejandro

Hola Lucía, ya estoy yendo hacia ti.
Hi Lucía, I am coming to you now.
Lucía

¡Genial! Te veo cerca de la fuente.
Great! I see you near the fountain.
Alejandro

Sí, llego en un minuto.
Yes, I'll be there in a minute.
Lucía

Perfecto, te espero aquí.
Perfect, I'll wait for you here.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries hacia, ti, yendo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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