Mandar a traer

[bellatter]

Estoy viendo Handy Manny en español y acabo de oír "mandar a traer." ¿Qué significa? ¿"To order (from a store/catalog/web site)?" ¿Por qué no dije "ordenar" o "pedir"?

[Elaina]

Well I don't know why, but "mandar traer" also means "to order"...maybe it's because of "modismos".

Handy Manny is Mexican, right? maybe that's why.

Ordenar por catálogo = order by catalog; maybe too much for a young mind to absorb

Pedir = to ask for.... not really the right conotation of what he wants to say. Usually, "pedir" would be used to mean "ask someone for" which is not what he meant.

:twocents:

[Rusty]

Other options:
call back (command to return)
send down for (send to search for)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

"Mandar traer" is mostly used when someone is assigned to bring something.

It can be applied to order from a catalog or from a store, if one has in mind that the object will be sent with a messenger. :)