Answer the Phone

[silopanna]

How does one say "Answer the phone" in the different Spanish speaking countries?

Can one use the verb cojer? Atender?



Thanks!

Dean in Brazil

[chileno]

Originally Posted by silopanna

How does one say "Answer the phone" in the different Spanish speaking countries?

Can one use the verb cojer? Atender?



Thanks!

Dean in Brazil

Contesta el teléfono. O contesten el teléfono.

Se podría entender pero to answer no significa atender, y menos coger.

[Tomisimo]

to answer the phone = contestar el teléfono
to take the phone off the hook = descolgar el teléfono
to pick up the phone (take off the hook) = descolgar el teléfono
to pick up the phone (answer the phone) = contestar el teléfono

I'll get it / I'll answer it = Yo contesto / Yo voy
Pick up! = ¡Contesta!

Edit: Chileno, you're fast.

[silopanna]

Both of you are fast.

Thanks for the broad explanation.!

Dean

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

to answer the phone = contestar el teléfono
to take the phone off the hook = descolgar el teléfono
to pick up the phone (take off the hook) = descolgar el teléfono
to pick up the phone (answer the phone) = contestar el teléfono

I'll get it / I'll answer it = Yo contesto / Yo voy
Pick up! = ¡Contesta!

Edit: Chileno, you're fast.

Al que madruga....... le da sueño.

[irmamar]

Aquí si se dice: "Coge el teléfono" si está sonando. También contesta o responde, pero coloquialmente se suele decir "coge".

[sosia]

"Atender" is used for a person whose work is waiting for a call, a person working in a telephone switchboard.
-¿Viene Marta a comer?
- No, se tiene que quedar atendiendo el/al teléfono.

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-Vamonos todos a comer, menos uno.¿A quien le toca atender el teléfono?
- A Jorge

If you're only waiting, use "esperar"
-¿Viene Marta a comer?
- No, está esperando una llamada de un comercial.

Saludos