I know to say: con permiso for excuse me. I usually use this when I need to walk past someone but are there other types of excuse me? Like for example I want to ask a stranger for directions or the time of day.
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Lo siento si esta pregunta ya fue hecha. – Britt Kelly Aug 12 '18 at 21:01
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1Not really, although there is something quite similar: ¿Cuál es el uso correcto de “Perdón”, “permiso”, “disculpa”, …?. In any case, welcome to [spanish.se], we hope to see you here again! – fedorqui Aug 13 '18 at 09:23
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You point out a very interesting thing: "excuse me" can be used both for walking past someone, and for stopping someone to ask in the street.
To stop someone, you can say
- Perdone
- Disculpe
To apologize:
- Perdón / perdone
- Lo siento.
- Lo lamento.
To walk past someone:
- Perdón / perdone
- Con permiso
- Por favor.
There are many synonyms for the verbs themselves, but they can't be used to ask for permission. I think those are all.
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I wouldn't use por favor to walk past someone; in Chile, that sounds rather odd and tends to upset people. – Schwale Aug 14 '18 at 13:06
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It's just that, "paso, por favor". It's the shortening of "Déjenme paso, por favor", or "pido paso, por favor´", or something similar. – FGSUZ Aug 14 '18 at 20:52