how would i say "first come, first serve" in spanish?

Question

As in there are only a few spots left, so its 'first come, first serve'

First come, first served. - samdie, Oct 7, 2010

Yet another one not in our phrasebook. - ian-hill, Sep 28, 2011

Answer 1

Nice tries everyone. But you are providing literal translations to an idiom. What we need here is the equivalent idiom in Spanish.

Kincaid, what you want is: "por orden de llegada".

Oh, man, there IS one? - margaretbl, Oct 7, 2010

That's what I wrote! "Por orden de llegada" :-) - Gekkosan, Oct 7, 2010

"Por orden de llegada" is correct in a general sense, but I don't think it fits that context. - bill1111, Oct 8, 2010

Answer 2

"El que primero se arrodilla, primero se confiesa." which means literally the first one to kneel down gets to confess first. It probably originated from the catholic tradition of kneeling down to confess in the cofessionary.

Answer 3

In that context you are talking about (only a few spots left, and whoever comes first gets it) I'd say "el que llegue primero se lo queda".

Answer 4

I think you could just explain it: el primero que llega es el primero en ser servido

Answer 5

it can be.. al primero que llega le sirven al primero que llega le toca asi como vas llegando te toca asi como vas llegando te sirven.. in short words u can only say...

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this is first come first got served

Blockquote al primero que llega lo atienden Blockquote