"Would you please?"

Question

Hello! I'm wondering what "Would you please?" would be in spanish. As in when you hold up an empty glass and want to indicate to someone that you would like a refill. I would go with a simple ¿por favor? but I'd like to know if there are other ways.

I tried to google the answer, that was fun...

Answer 1

Si eres tan amable... or

¿Serías tan amable de... ?

or simply:

¿Puedes... ?

this kind of phrases often finish with a gesture.

And then,

¡Gracias!

This sounds very polite in a lot of contexts. And if you use the "usted" form, even more.

¡Sweet, Muchas gracias! :) - okiaji, Sep 16, 2010

Answer 2

You could say " Quisiera más, por favor" = I would like more, please

Or " Le gustaría rellenar mi vaso, por favor?" -= Would you refill my glass, please?

There is probably a more polite way of aasking this which a native/more experienced speaker would know

I hope this helps

Feliz, you are right, but it is so fine that it sounds unmistakeably foreign to a Spanish speaker - cogumela, Sep 16, 2010

Muchas gracias cogumela - FELIZ77, Sep 16, 2010

Pienso que necesite de aprender más modismos españoles :) - FELIZ77, Sep 16, 2010

Answer 3

I'm only three weeks into spanish, and I try to derive the words in "serías tan amable de".

I'm guessing that serías is from "ser" - "to be"? So "serías" would be.. uhm... "would you be"?

But could you help me with "tan," what does that mean and where does it come from?

tan = so. So kind for doing (something) that I'd be so grateful... - cogumela, Sep 16, 2010

Thank you! ^.^ - okiaji, Sep 16, 2010

Pah, that word "tan" -was- in the dictionary, only I accidently searched for english words >.< Explains why I couldn't understand a thing. - okiaji, Sep 16, 2010

And, I must add, a embarassingly basic word not to know ;) - okiaji, Sep 17, 2010

Answer 4

You could say

¿Pudiera... ?

if you wanted to be sickeningly polite.

Oh, that's good to know! Maybe if I meet my boyfriend's grandmother :P - okiaji, Sep 16, 2010