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how do you say we'll call back later?

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how do you say we'll call back later?

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updated Aug 30, 2009
posted by verano_mai

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You could say it several ways (formally, informally, making your audience singular or plural, etc.) Also there is the sticky point with this verb that regionally some people use the indirect object pronoun and others use the direct object pronoun (leísmo/loísmo)

te llamaremos más tarde

would be a simple way to say it.

you can play with changing the pronouns yourself like:

os llamaremos (a vosotros) más tarde

les/los llamaremos (a ustedes, a ellos) más tarde

Sorry, I just noticed that you had the word "back" in your sentence. I'm not sure of the nuance between "call back later " or "call later". See the site below.

call back later

call back seems to sometimes carry the shading of "I will call you back again" rather than "I will just call again later"

le devoveremos su llamada más tarde

pick the exact one that you are trying to say

llamaremos otra vez más tarde (a bit verbose at best, but I wanted to say that you need to be specific. Notice that there is no direct object here-we'll call again later)

updated Aug 30, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507