Sorry, you dialed the wrong number!

22:29 Nov 5, 2009 

Well, Nicole, I'm so glad I was able to help you! It's nice to get such good feedback. Many thanks!

21:30 Nov 5, 2009 

I used: "Lo siento. Se ha equivocado de número." My American husband had a few years of Spanish in high school and he could help me with the pronunciation - sort of. It worked. My next answer would have been: "Usted marcó mal. No hablo español.", as suggested by Gamaliel Novelo.

21:18 Nov 5, 2009 

Which worked, Nicole?

21:11 Nov 5, 2009 

Nice. :-))))

01:36 Oct 28, 2009 

Thank you so much!

16:31 Oct 26, 2009 

or simply "equivocado" / "número equivocado" is a common answer in Southamerica. "está equivocado" is not referring to the person but the dialed number.
"Se ha equivocado" is hardly used.

10:56 Oct 26, 2009 

I agree with Noni, equivocado is not very easy to pronounce, you can change it for "incorrecto". Though the right word here would be equivocado, any Spanish speaker would understand incorrecto and you only have to add an "o" at the end of the English word "incorrect". My 2 cents.

10:21 Oct 26, 2009 

Perhaps each of those who have made suggestions could provide a phonetic transcription?

Quite understand yr reluctance to recite long numbers!

09:48 Oct 26, 2009 

Leo and other online dictionaries are offering audio files, which are somewhat helpful, I guess: http://dict.leo.org/esde?lp=esde&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType...
I would rather not volunteer as a dispatcher for any bank... Vanity numbers consist of 7 digits in length plus the 1-8xx prefix. No way! :-)))

08:52 Oct 26, 2009 

One of the things I always find frustrating when I misdial here in Spain is that I rarely get a chance to find out if it has been a matter of me pressing the wrong buttons, or if I have the number written down wrong. In Britain most people answer with the number (or the company name) so you have a chance to identify the reason behind the error. Perhaps you could think about being extraordinarily helpful to those stray Bco Popular clients, Nicole and read the correct number to them!

I was also wondering about what is going to be the easiest phrase for Nicole to memorize and pronounce! Spanish is a phonetic language, so there are no major pitfalls for you, but "equivocado" is not the easiest of words to get your mouth round...

My Spanish is not of the Lat Am variety, but I wonder if sth along the lines of "tiene que marcar el xxxxxxxxx" wd be easier - "you should dial xxxxxxxxxx"

Careful about getting the pronunciation too perfect though, otherwise you may get pulled into complicated conversations!

05:37 Oct 26, 2009 

For example "Disculpe, ¡número equivocado!" seems more appropriate for the caller who realizes they dialed the wrong number than for the person that knows the caller dialed the wrong number (why would you apologize like that because someone else made a mistake?). "Está equivocado" simply means "you're wrong"... (maybe "se ha equivocado").

05:10 Oct 26, 2009 

I would say that from all these answers, I would use anyone. They are all good.