Mi español es... rustio.

[shirenomad]

This Spanish-speaking lady keeps calling me. I have no idea what about, because my Spanish has been out of practice since I left high school, and her English is apparently no better.

I get more than my fair share of wrong numbers on this phone, so much so that if caller ID says it's from Silicon Valley (where the cell phone was registered, but 300 miles from where I am now), and if I don't recognize the number, I just kick it over to voice mail and let them figure out that the guy in the recording isn't who they wanted. But this lady remains undiscouraged by the fact that a gringo keeps answering at my number, as she's made five attempts to reach whoever she thinks is hiding here in the past week. So now, my cell phone inbox recording has the following bit attached:

"Si hablas español, este numero no es bueno. Por favor, no llemes mas. Gracias."

(I think I got that right, but if anyone here more fluent in Spanish than I thinks I still fail to communicate the point, let me know.)

Comments

[scribe-of-stars.livejournal.com]

Try beginning with "A la persona que habla español: Desgraciadamente, tiene un número malo." That's more polite, I believe. It means "To the person that speaks Spanish: Unfortunately, you have a bad number."

[locoluis.livejournal.com]

I usually ditch that sort of calls with a quick " Número equivocado. " (wrong number). You don't need to be more verbose than that.