To swipe their debit card.

Question

I work at a bank, and when speaking in spanish i let them to to swipe their debit card, "paseme la tarjeta" and they always give it to me rather than swiping it. how sould i say it?

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Answer 1

Miranda,

Páseme la tarjeta: Give me the card

Pase la tarjeta : Swipe the card

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Answer 2

Try "pase la tarjeta" or "pase la tarjeta por la máquina"

Answer 3

Pasame la tarjeta means to give you the card. My guess is pase la tarjeta por la maquinita.

Disclaimer

It is only a wild guess use at your own risk.

maquinita means little machine.