¿Me llamaste?
The English phrase "did you call me?" is translated into Spanish as ¿Me llamaste?
The word llamaste is the past tense of the verb llamar, which means "to call."
What does it mean word for word?
The word llamaste means "you called" and is the second-person singular preterite (past tense) form of the verb llamar.
Which one should you use?
¿Me llamaste? uses the informal "tú" conjugation. If you are asking a group of people if they called you, you use the third-person plural form llamaron instead of llamaste.
How does it change in a sentence?
In Spanish, questions are indicated by an inverted question mark at the beginning and a standard question mark at the end.
Did you know?
- In Mexico, you might hear ¿Me marcaste?, where marcar means 'to dial' or 'to mark', as a common alternative to ¿Me llamaste? specifically for phone calls.
- Because llamar can mean 'to name', the phrase could technically be interpreted as 'Did you name me?' if the context were about a newborn baby.
- If someone calls you and you miss the call, you might see a notification saying Llamada perdida, meaning 'lost call' rather than 'missed call'.
Examples in context
- Disculpe, ¿me llamó usted?Excuse me, did you call me?
- Oye, ¿me llamaste?Hey, did you call me?
Example conversation
Daniel and Sofía are talking at a cafe after a missed call.
- DanielHola Sofía, ¿me llamaste?Hi Sofía, did you call me?
- SofíaSí, Daniel, te llamé hace un momento.Yes, Daniel, I called you a moment ago.
- DanielNo pude contestar el celular.I couldn't answer the cell phone.
- SofíaNo pasa nada, solo quería saludarte.It's okay, I just wanted to say hi.
