Mandar a traer

Mandar a traer
 

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"?

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:

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

"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. :)