¿Puede hablar más despacio?
Can you speak more slowly? (polite)
YOUR GUIDED SPANISH LESSON · ABOUT 3 MINUTES
Ask someone to slow down
Learn the Spanish first. Hear it, understand it, then try saying it yourself.
Use this when someone speaks too quickly. It works even when you cannot yet explain very much in Spanish.
Listen and practice
English guidance and Spanish examples use your device’s voices. Your original video with Michael is below.
Choose Start when you are ready. You can also read the full lesson below.
SAY THIS IN SPANISH
Más despacio, por favor.
Slower, please.
Make sense of the Spanish
Más means more; despacio means slowly. Together, más despacio asks for a slower pace. Por favor makes the request polite.
Use it in another way
Estoy aprendiendo español.
I’m learning Spanish.
Your turn
Look away and say the main Spanish phrase. Then listen again and compare. Try changing one word to make the phrase useful to you.
Reveal the Spanish phrase
Más despacio, por favor.
Watch Michael’s original bilingual video
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Original bilingual recording ·13seconds · Unchanged from the source lesson.
FREE SPANISH LESSON
Más despacio, por favor.
Slower, please.
Make a little practice of it.
- Watch once for the meaning.
- Replay and focus on the Spanish.
- Pause, say the Spanish line, and compare.