How to translate "work" in vernacular language

Question

How do you translate "work" in vernacular phrases such as: "What time works for you?"

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Answer 1

You are asking about an idiomatic phrase, which will always confuse a machine translator.

For this we would say something like: ¿Qué hora / cuándo te parece bien? .... ¿Cuándo / qué hora sería conveniente para ti?

Answer 2

I agree with Julian. Here in Baja ¿Qué hora te parece bien?

Parecer is a very versital verb that gets lots of use for many different things.

Answer 3

Hello Kung _phoo

Welcome to tthe SpanishDict forum

You asked:

How do you translate "work" in vernacular phrases such as: "What time works for you?"

You could ask: ¿Cuándo te viene bien a tí?

Another way of saying this in English would be What time works best for you or what time is most convenient for you?

My native Spanish teacher from Spain taught me this useful idiomatic exoression/phrase when I was asking her how to arrange the most convenient time for another Spanish class/lesson:

¿Cuándo te venga mejor? = When is the best time for you?

If you want to ask a Spanish native if a particular hour you have suggested is convenient for them you can say:

¿Te viene bien a tí?

I hope this helps

"Cuándo te venga mejor?" Are you sure your Spanish teacher said this? It sounds very strange to me because subjunctive is not necessary following "cuando" when it is a simple question of one clause - only in statements - 005faa61, Feb 9, 2015

This is the most common way to say that, at least in spain. ¿A que hora te viene bien? - txustaboy, Feb 9, 2015

or "Podemos quedar cuando te venga bien" - txustaboy, Feb 9, 2015