Ask for clarification, slow things down, and confirm you understood.
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No he entendido.
I didn't understand.
¿Puedes hablar un poco más despacio, por favor?
Could you speak a bit slower, please?
¿Puede hablar un poco más despacio, por favor?
Could you speak a bit slower, please? (formal) (Formal 'usted' — verb ending shifts from -es to -e.)
¿Puedes repetirlo, por favor?
Could you repeat that, please?
¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?
Could you repeat that, please? (formal)
¿Me has entendido?
Did you understand me?
¿Lo digo bien?
Am I saying it right?
¿Lo pronuncio bien?
Am I pronouncing it right?
¿Cómo se dice correctamente?
What's the right way to say it? (Literally 'how does one say it' — impersonal 'se'.)
Se me ha olvidado.
I forgot. (Literally 'it has forgotten itself to me' — Spanish puts the blame on the thing, not you.)
¿Hay otra palabra para eso?
Is there another word for that?
¿Eso es lo mismo que esto?
Is that the same as this?
¿Cómo se dice…?
How do you say…?
¿Qué significa esto?
What does this mean?
¿Cómo se llama esto?
What's this called? (Literally 'how does this call itself'.)
¿En serio? ¿Es correcto?
Really? Is that right?
¿Por qué? ¿Por qué es así?
Why? Why is it like this?
¿Me lo puedes repetir?
Can you repeat that for me?
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