sin llamada
/sin ʝamada/from spelling rules
To say no call in Spanish, use sin llamada, meaning without a call.
sin llamada describes a situation where no phone call was made or received.
What does it mean word for word?
sin means without and llamada means call.
Which one should you use?
To ask someone not to call you, use a full sentence instead. No me llames, por favor. means don't call me, please and Mejor no me llames. means it's better if you don't call me.
How do you pronounce it?
sin llamada is pronounced /sin ʝamada/.
Did you know?
- The letter ll in llamada is pronounced as a 'y' sound in most dialects, but in some parts of the Caribbean and Colombia, it can sound more like a soft 'j' or a breathy 'sh'.
- While llamada refers to a phone call, the verb llamar is also used to describe the act of naming someone, meaning that to 'call' a person is also to give them a name.
- The word sin shares an ancestral root with the English word 'sans', often seen in phrases like 'sans serif' or 'sans soleil'.
Examples in context
- El registro aparece sin llamada.The record appears without a call.
Example conversation
Sofía and Mateo are checking their phone records for a client.
- SofíaMateo, ¿ya llamó el doctor?Mateo, did the doctor call yet?
- MateoNo, seguimos sin llamada.No, we still have had no call.
- SofíaQué extraño, dijo que llamaría.How strange, he said he would call.
- MateoQuizás olvidó el número.Maybe he forgot the number.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries sin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
