Thanks for putting up with us.

Question

¡Hola a todos!

Bueno. Si era miembro de un grupo muy grande que asistió un restaurante pequeño, que era obviamente un poco problemático para el restaurante, y, también sea cliente habitual, ¿que dice en la siguiente visita solo (sin el grupo) para estar educado?

Busco una frase que quiere decir algo como la del inglés. ¨Thanks for putting up with us¨

¿Qué me recomiendes?

Muchas gracias.

Hold on! By "si era un miembro" do you mean, "si fuera un miembro"? - gsdfsggs, Jan 26, 2013

Umm, I don´t actually know, because I don´t know enough to be sure. I thought about writing it both ways and remember being confused which to use. - rogspax, Jan 27, 2013

Answer 1

I would say: Gracias por bancarnos.

But that's something that I would say, and it's not 'formal'.

Some others that came to my mind:

Gracias por habernos tenido paciencia.

Gracias por aguantarnos.

Gracias por atendernos.

I hope someone else's opnion.

Agreed. Also "Gracias por habernos soportado / tolerado" - 005faa61, Jan 26, 2013

Muchas gracias por ayudarme. - rogspax, Jan 27, 2013

Answer 2

Hi Rogspax. Well, you can think of put up with translating to an infinitive in Spanish, since Spanish doesn't have phrasal verbs like English does. I think there are at least three infinitives here that work: tolerar, aguantar, and soportar. Subtle differences or nuances among the synonyms? I don't know, maybe tolerar is more like to tolerate–put up with, aguantar is a little more like to bear something–put up with, and soportar is more like to support something–put up with.

As you know, in your sentence "Thanks for putting up with us," putting is a gerund. As you probably also know, in Spanish, when some form of a verb is needed as a noun, the –ando or –iendo (counterpart to –ing) form is not used, but rather the infinitive. Also, I think I would attach the object pronoun for "us" (nos) to the infinitive.

So what I come up with is Gracias por soportarnos or Gracias por aguantarnos.

As usual, by the time I get something posted, someone else beat me to it in the meantime! I like aileribel's Gracias por bancarnos, and JulianChivi's too. "Thanks for having supported us." - brian5764, Jan 26, 2013

Ha, I know the feeling, but am very glad you posted. Good explanation on the subject and the íng stuff. I think when I´m struggling with the main vocab, I make many more stupid mistakes which I should know better than. Thanks again! - rogspax, Jan 27, 2013

Thanks, Rogspax. ¿Cómo se dice You´re a cool dude en español? - brian5764, Jan 27, 2013

I don´t know, but language learning. . . I´ve made a million stupid mistakes in that arena. It´s part of the game, I guess. - brian5764, Jan 27, 2013

Answer 3

soportar is put up emotionally, only in noun form does it mean support

Thanks. much MB! So, in verb form is soportar more like ¨to tolerate¨ - rogspax, Jan 27, 2013