Hwo long does it take to get your question answered?
How long does it take to get your question answered?
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Hello Isaac
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You asked:
How long does it take to get your question answered?
Very good question!
In my experience of being a member here for nearly 7 years, the time it takes to answer your question will vary to some extent from about half an hour to a few hours depending on how simple your question / request is, how clearly you have phrased (written) your question and the number of experienced Spanish speakers who may be online at the time you submit your question!
Very simple (basic) questions or requests for help can be answered in as little as five or ten minutes and do not requiere any advanced (specialist) Spanish knowledge, skills or experience! More complex tasks such as responding to a request to proof read or check a long piece of text may requiere a native Spanish speaker or an advanced level student.
I would say that the rule of thumb (guide line) is: The more simple/basic the knowledge, skills or experience requiered, and the more people who could answer it: the less time you will need to wait! Your wait could vary between ten minutes to half an hour. For skills requiring an intermediate level student: I would say bewteen half an hour to four hours but a more complex question or help with advanced translation or proof reading anywhere from two hours to two or three days as we only have a limited number of native Spanish speakers as active members kindly offering their services at the moment.! It all depends on who is actively online when you first post your question!
We do not do people's homework for them but instead we encourage people to post their best attempt and then after reading it through we are happy to offer corrections, guidance and advice! 
We also try to encourage people to do what (as much as) they can for themselves and make full use of all the resources on SpanishDict. Much of the time, if all our members especially new members, were to use the resources such as the translator and dictionary before posting very basic questions such as: What does the word 'señor' mean? they would not only receive much quicker answers but would also free up experienced speakers to answer more of the difficult and time consuming questions.
Finally, if you would like or need a quick response please make it clear when posting your question and good manners such as using please and thank you are always well appreciated and invariably receive more positive responses! The only warning here is: please don't leave doing your homework until the last minute and then post it expecting instant responses!
I hope this helps
Usually not very long. Sometimes a few minutes to a few hours, depending on the difficulty of your question and the clarity with which you express yourself.
Thanks.
If you post a question asking people to look for mistakes in an entire paragraph or something of the sort, it is pretty likely it will never get answered or someone will come on and tell you SpanishDict does not answer such questions. On the other hand, if it a question like, "What is "depend" in spanish" answers will come really quickly. (In my opinion, a lot of people seem to be on in the later afternoon)
Hope it helps!
