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Examples
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I think that "mande" is only used in that sense in Mexico.
Page 2 2008
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I think that "mande" is only used in that sense in Mexico.
Page 2 2008
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I remembered that in Spanish mande was the polite response to a request.
Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003
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I remembered that in Spanish mande was the polite response to a request.
Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003
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Can't take those "mande" specially when are use by women to reply to any inquiry or demand.
Fuck All You Bitches 2009
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The "mande" (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong!) probably has subservient origins cos it means "tell me/order me/give orders, but with a question mark (mande?) it means" excuse me? what did you say?.
Mexican Idioms? 2003
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The pragmatic force of "mande" and "do what?" seems to be the same: one asks to be told what to do.
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I actually though "mande" meant something more like "send to me" as in "send that message to me again, it didn't get through the first time".
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It reminds me of the Mexican expression "mande" "order me", which is used in contexts where other Spanish speakers would use "que?"
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I just ask them to repeat what they've just said (¿mande?) or to speak more slowly.
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