Me pondré la idea

Interesting expression (heard off a video). "Pondré" is "I will put" (from poner). Google translates this is "I'll get the idea." The context is one person suggests a course of action and the other person, the one who says this, is the one who then acts on it. I didn't see any clear examples of this phrase on the web.

Pondré is the first person singular conjugation of poner in the future tense, right? (Interesting to me because I am studying the future tense at the moment.)

It looks to me like one of those uses of poner that doesn't translate into English naturally. I was Skyping with a Spanish woman yesterday and we were talking about how asking for things in Spanish is much more direct: saying to the waitress,  "quiero una cerveza" is quite natural in Spanish, "I want a beer" to a waitress in the US  would seem rude. 

She used the example, "¿Qué te pongo?", the answer being "ponme una cerveza,"

What can I put you? Put me a beer. It almost sounds like verbal shorthand to me:

I will put (it into action).

What can I put (on the table, in the glass) for you?

Put me a beer (in the glass). Maybe a bit like our expression, "pour me a beer."

Good thoughts. And thanks for steering me to conversationexchange.com. I just finished my first conversation with someone from Spain - most encouraging. I'm going to try to do that regularly.

Hola

In Mexico we also use "poner" in a similar way you guy use "to wear".

"Que te vas a poner para la fiesta?" (what are you going to wear for the party?).

"Me pondré la idea" could be something like, "I will get the idea".

saludos!

Thanks, Cristian. Your insights are always appreciated.