Breakdown of Gracias por la llamada.
por
for / by / through / in (during a part of the day)
gracias
thank you / thanks
la llamada
the call (on the phone)
Questions & Answers about Gracias por la llamada.
Why do we use por instead of para here?
When you say "thanks for" something in Spanish, you always use gracias por. You can think of por as expressing an exchange: you are giving your thanks in exchange for the call.
How is llamada related to the verb llamar?
Could I also say "Gracias por llamar" to mean the same thing?
Yes! Gracias por llamar means "Thanks for calling." Remember that after a preposition like por, Spanish always uses the infinitive verb (the basic dictionary form, like llamar), rather than trying to translate the English "-ing" ending. Both gracias por la llamada and gracias por llamar are perfectly natural to use on the phone.
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