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Translation: "¿Me mando a llamar?"

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I was watching a show (Que Te Perdone Dios) and one of the characters said: "Buenos días, patron, ¿me mando a llamar?" (I'm guessing he's a worker). I tried dictionaries and translators and I am still not sure what he said.

Edit: the subtitles didn't have accents so the above could be "mandó."

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updated Jul 24, 2015
edited by trig_king87
posted by trig_king87
if the boss sent someone to call him - Pablo064, Jul 23, 2015
The "o" should have an accent make to make it past tense 3rd person. - gringojrf, Jul 23, 2015

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I am not an English native speaker, but I would say: Did you call me?

Mandar means in this case to order.

Patrón (from padre, father) means boss, emplyer, chief .

Good morning, boss. Did you call me?

updated Jul 24, 2015
posted by LuisCache
:) - rac1, Jul 23, 2015
Ok thank you! - trig_king87, Jul 23, 2015
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In the way that you write your question "me mando llamar", it means: I order to call myself.

Maybe you want to ask about:

"Me mandó llamar": He order to call me.

The "tilde" is so important in Spanish, because it can change the meaning of the sentence.

PD: I used the affirmative form because it is more easy to understand.

updated Jul 24, 2015
edited by txustaboy
posted by txustaboy
I thought that was it, I just posted the question w/o the accent because that's how it was presented in the subtitles. - trig_king87, Jul 24, 2015