llamada entrante
/ʝamada entɾante/from spelling rules
The English phrase "incoming call" is llamada entrante in Spanish.
llamada entrante is a formal way to say "incoming call".
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of llamada (call) and entrante (entering/incoming).
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, both the noun and the adjective must be pluralized, resulting in llamadas entrantes (incoming calls).
How do you pronounce it?
/ʝamada entɾante/
When do people say it?
When answering a call, ¿aló? is a common way to say "hello?" You might also use diga when answering. If you need to ask a caller to hold, you can say un momento, por favor (one moment, please). To ask someone else to answer the phone, you can use contesta el teléfono. If you need to politely excuse yourself to answer an incoming call, you can say permíteme contestar esta llamada (allow me to answer this call).
Did you know?
- In Mexico and other Latin American countries, people often answer an incoming call with ¿Bueno?, which literally means 'Good?'
- In some professional settings, people answer incoming calls with ¿Quién desea?, which means 'Who desires?' or 'Who is requesting?'
- The word aló used for incoming calls is thought to be an adaptation of the French allô or the English 'hello', rather than a native Spanish word.
Examples in context
- ¡Oye, ahí tienes una llamada que entra!Hey, there's an incoming call for you!
- Hay una llamada entrante en tu teléfono.There is an incoming call on your phone.
- No puedo ver el número de la llamada entrante.I cannot see the number of the incoming call.
- Ignora cualquier llamada entrante de ese número.Ignore any incoming call from that number.
Example conversation
Lucía and Alejandro are in a meeting when the phone rings.
- LucíaAlejandro, mira, hay una llamada entrante.Alejandro, look, there is an incoming call.
- AlejandroNo sé quién llama a esta hora.I don't know who is calling at this hour.
- Lucía¿Quieres contestar la llamada entrante?Do you want to answer the incoming call?
- AlejandroSí, dame un segundo, por favor.Yes, give me a second, please.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
