Hacerme caso

Question

How do I respond to someone who is repeating " Haceme caso "? Would I say " te hago caso"? Or "te entiendo" or just say nothing ?

Welcome to the forum , we want to help you so fill out your profile If you have a problem PM a mod Bienvenido al foro. Queremos ayudarle, entonces hay que llenar su perfil. Si hay un problema, envíe un mensaje personal (PM) - ray76, Nov 29, 2015

What I find interesting is that this has produced 6 answers over 2 days with not one word of acknowledgement from the newbie or a word of thanks let alone a profile. - ray76, Dec 1, 2015

True amigo. - ian-hill, Dec 1, 2015

I was responding but through e-mail replies which were not posting. when I try to edit my profile I get certificate problems. - hazmecaso, Dec 1, 2015

Answer 1

Like others have said, it depends on the situation:

• If they're giving you information, they might want you to pay attention. "Te escucho", or just "sí, sí" are good ways to answer to let them know you're listening.
• If they're giving you orders, they might want you to follow them. Just reply with "sí, vale, de acuerdo" or other affirmatives.
• If they've already given you orders, then you're probably not following them properly - you're not doing what they say. You should ask them what they want you to do: "¿qué quieres que haga?"
• Maybe you're making a joke of what they're saying, and they want to be taken seriously. You should apologize and, well, take them seriously.

If you could give us some context, that would be a great help.

Welcome, faremoto, we are always happy to have a member that is fluent in both English and Spanish. You can provide so much help to learners of both languages. - Jubilado, Nov 29, 2015

Thanks for the welcome, Jubilado! I'm pleased to be able to help :) - faremoto, Nov 29, 2015

You're kinder than I am, Faremoto, I felt we could be given context first, but there we are, los jovenesno nos hacencaso, así es la vida. - annierats, Nov 29, 2015

Answer 2

Who ask you "Haceme caso"?. What language is it?

That is totally incorrect in Spanish. He/she should say "Hazme caso", if you are one person (singular) or "Hacedme caso" if you are more than one person (plural).

There are many possible answers in function of the context:

Ya te estoy/estamos haciendo caso

No quiero (voy a) hacerte caso porque no me importa lo que dices (This is so bad XD)

Thank you ! This was the answer I was looking for ! - hazmecaso, Dec 1, 2015

This is in Spanish, Peruvian - hazmecaso, Dec 1, 2015

Answer 3

haha this is funny. We always say this here: "Haceme caso", We all know it is not grammatically correct but we say it like that though.

What the person is trying to say is that please take his/her advice. You can answer "bueno".

Two friends talking:

Cristian: -Yo no sé qué hacer...

Santiago: -Vaya y hable con ella y solucionan todo.

Cristian: -Jumm

Santiago: -Nea, haceme caso!

Cristian: -Bueno.

Thank you ! This was the answer I was looking for ! - hazmecaso, Dec 1, 2015

My pleasure. :D - Santyy7, Dec 1, 2015

Answer 4

There must be an extreme communication gap.

Maybe the person is very angry with him/ her? - annierats, Nov 29, 2015

He is an older man giving me advice.He wants me to believe him. It follows the definition of a parent talking to a child. - hazmecaso, Dec 1, 2015

Answer 5

This depends entirely on the situation.

Answer 6

Wow! My head hurts! I plugged in "hacedme caso" and "hazme caso" into the SD translator and they both came back as "ignore me" - hardly the same as "pay attention to me." Can someone explain this to me? Many thanks!