Whether you have seen someone across the room that has sparked your interest or you have just spent the whole evening talking to someone you are attracted to, don’t end the evening without asking for their phone number. It doesn’t hurt to ask and you don’t want to let the opportunity pass you by to have this encounter grow into something else.
The first thing when asking for numbers in Spanish is to learn your numbers in Spanish from 1-100. The reason for this is that when someone gives you their phone number in Spanish they are going to combine numbers instead of giving them to you individually.
For example, 555-555-5555 is typically given as:
Area five fifty-five, five fifty-five, fifty-five, fifty-five
Área cinco cincuenta y cinco, cinco cincuenta y cinco, cincuenta y cinco, cincuenta y cinco
AH-reh-ah SIHN-coh sihn-CWEHN-tah ee SIHN-coh, SIHN-coh sihn-CWEHN-tah ee SIHN-coh, sihn-CWEHN-tah ee SIHN-coh, sihn-CWEHN-tah ee SIHN-coh
As you can see, if all you know is 1-10 you will never understand the phone number when it is given to you. Once you are ready to ask, asking for phone numbers in Spanish is simple:
Can I have your (telephone) number?
¿Puedo tener tu número (de teléfono)?
PWEH-doh tehn-EHR too NOO-mehr-oh (deh tehl-EH-foh-noh)
I put telephone in parenthesis because you will find that most people will just ask for your “number” and leave off “telephone.” And remember, if you are in doubt, have them “write it down,” escríbelo (eh-SKREE-beh-loh), so that you make sure you have the correct number. How else could you ask someone for their phone number in Spanish?
