Charlotte Bower (asker) Sep 27, 2019:

Thank you all for your helpful comments. Toni, you're quite right, I've missed out the 'a' on the title of the post. Is there any way to edit posts once they've been submitted? I can't find any option to do so.

Eduardo Hojman Sep 23, 2019:

Don't wait to be told about it I think this would be the most accurate translation which also implies the meaning that you have to find out about it for yourself. This would be a translation, not a reading comprehension test.

Toni Castano Sep 22, 2019:

The question is unclear Charlotte, with all due respect I believe your post is quite confusing. What do you actually want to know? The title reads "no esperar [no "a" here!] que te lo contemos. Then the first sentence is "***no esperes a que te lo contemos.***" and the second "***no esperes a que te lo cuenten!***". In view of this, it is difficult, at least for me, to know what your doubt is.
Mi final point is to stress that the missing (???) preposition "a" changes the sense of the source sentence radically, since "esperar algo" is not at all the same as "esperar a algo".
https://www.fundeu.es/recomendacion/esperar-algo-no-es-lo-mi...

Helena Chavarria Sep 22, 2019:

I'm not sure whether 'lo' refers to the car hire or Madrid.

If it's the car I would use your suggestion: 'don't wait for us to tell you' and 'don't wait for them/others/everyone to tell you'. In both cases you could also use 'don't wait to be told'.

If it's Madrid, then I would use 'don't wait for us to tell you about it' and 'don't wait for them/others/everyone to tell you about it'.