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Stop Calling. He Does not live here. You have the wrong number.

Spanish translation: Por favor deje de llamar. El no vive aqui. (Usted) tiene un numero equivocado.

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English term or phrase:	Stop Calling. He does not live here. You have the wrong number.
Spanish translation:	Por favor deje de llamar. El no vive aqui. (Usted) tiene un numero equivocado.
Entered by:	xxxOso

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20:10 Aug 12, 2003

English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary

English term or phrase: Stop Calling. He Does not live here. You have the wrong number.

I want to tell someone in Spanish they have the wrong telephone number, the person you want does not live here, and to not call again. Please provide all explanations in English. Thank you.

Eric

Por favor deje de llamar. El no vive aqui. Tiene un numero equivocado.

Explanation:
Good luck from Oso ¶:^)

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Stop Calling.= Por favor deje de llamar (I added \'please\'=por favor)
He Does not live here. = Él no vive aquí (literal)
You have the wrong number. = (Usted) tiene un número equivocado (usted=you is optional)

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Stop Calling.= Por favor deje de llamar (I added \'please\'=por favor)
He Does not live here. = El no vive aqui (literal)
You have the wrong number. = (Usted) tiene un numero equivocado (usted=you is optional)

Selected response from:

xxxOso

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Summary of answers provided

5 +7

Por favor deje de llamar. El no vive aqui. Tiene un numero equivocado.

xxxOso

5 +1

Por favor, no llame más. Esa persona no vive aquí. Ud. se equivocó de número.

Marian Greenfield

5 +1

El no vive aquí. Usted ha marcado un número equivocado. Por favor deje de llamar.

Carolingua

Le agradecería no llamar más a este número, pues la persona que usted busca ...

Ernesto Samper Nieto

discúlpeme pero tiene el número equivocado. esa persona no vive aquí

yolanda Speece

Se equivoca de número. Esa persona no vive aquí. Le agradeceré que no vuelva a llamar.

Susana Galilea

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

Por favor deje de llamar. El no vive aqui. Tiene un numero equivocado.

xxxOso
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 9863

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Thierry LOTTE

38 mins

-> Merci, Thierry, mon ami ¶:^)

agree

Sery

49 mins

-> Muchas gracias, Sery ¡Saludos! ¶:^)

agree

Francisco Herrerias: En francais aussi! ¡Me asombras cada día más mi estimado Oso!

53 mins

-> Hola Francisco, muy amable, muchas gracias ¶:^)

agree

Catherine Witkowski Changanaquí: I'd leave out por favor since this person sound angry...?

1 hr

-> Mejor enojémonos sin perder la galanura ¶;^) Gracias, prciosasoy ¶:^)

agree

Maria Diaz: This is the most straight to the point, and not too wordy like some of the other answers

2 hrs

-> Muchas gracias, drspanish ¶:^)

agree

Patricia Baldwin

5 hrs

-> Hola Patri, muchas gracias ¶:^)

agree

Luis Orueta: to the point

6 hrs

-> Gracias mil, Luis ¶:^)

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Por favor, no llame más. Esa persona no vive aquí. Ud. se equivocó de número.

Explanation:
Or, instead of the last sentence:

Ud. tiene el número equivocado.

Since you don't know the caller, I used Ud., which is formal...

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 20:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 5071

52 mins confidence:

Le agradecería no llamar más a este número, pues la persona que usted busca ...

Explanation:
no vive aquí. Creo que usted tiene el número de teléfono equivocado.

Just another option for asking the caller, politely, to stop calling.

Ernesto Samper Nieto
Colombia
Local time: 19:13
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 880

1 hr confidence:

stop calling. he does not live here. you have the wrong number. discúlpeme pero tiene el número equivocado. esa persona no vive aquí

Explanation:
You don't want to be rude but you want to let them know they have the wrong number
SO excuse yourself and you tell them they have the wrong number and let them know that this particular person does not live here
Before I got married and lived with my mother, We kept getting calls for pizza orders and I don't know how many times I told them they had the wrong number

Good luck!

yolanda Speece
Local time: 19:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 551

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

El no vive aquí. Usted ha marcado un número equivocado. Por favor deje de llamar.

Explanation:
I just think it makes more sense in this order:

He does not live here
you have the wrong number
Please stop calling

Presumably as soon as they ask for Mr. so and so you can tell them "He does not live here" (in Spanish) followed by the rest of it and they should get the message. Good luck!

Consider also that maybe they didn't dial a wrong number--maybe the number is obsolete. However, in this case telling them that "he does not live here", should get the point across, regardless of whether or not they are dialing wrong.

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The translation I gave above is for \"you DIALED a wrong number\" (ha marcado un número equivocado)

\"you HAVE the wrong number\" would be \"usted TIENE el número equivocado\".

I remember my father used to say \"esta usted equivocado\" (or \"equivocada\" if it\'s a woman) on the phone when people called the wrong number. A literal translation into English is \"you are wrong\"!! however it means you have the wrong number, so that may be another (shorter) option.

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sorry, a better translation for \"está equivocado\" is \"you are mistaken\".

Carolingua
Local time: 19:13
Native speaker of:

French,

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in pair: 139

1 hr confidence:

stop calling. he does not live here. you have the wrong number. Se equivoca de número. Esa persona no vive aquí. Le agradeceré que no vuelva a llamar.

Explanation:
One of many ways to express this...

Se equivoca de número = You have the wrong number
Esa persona no vive aquí = The person (you are trying to reach) does not live here
Le agradeceré que no vuelva a llamar = I will appreciate your not calling again

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 19:13
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 2506

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