diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sonos/helpers.py b/homeassistant/components/sonos/helpers.py
index 2b4df23b4ccc..db7229c2e15c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sonos/helpers.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sonos/helpers.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from homeassistant.core import CALLBACK_TYPE
 from homeassistant.exceptions import HomeAssistantError
 from homeassistant.helpers.dispatcher import dispatcher_send
 
-from .const import SONOS_SPEAKER_ACTIVITY
+from .const import DOMAIN, SONOS_SPEAKER_ACTIVITY
 from .exception import SonosUpdateError
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 UID_PREFIX = "RINCON_"
 UID_POSTFIX = "01400"
 
+UPNP_ERROR_COMMAND_FAILED = "800"
+
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 type _SonosEntitiesType = (
@@ -76,8 +78,24 @@ def soco_error[_T: _SonosEntitiesType, **_P, _R](
                 if (target := _find_target_identifier(self, args_soco)) is None:
                     raise RuntimeError("Unexpected use of soco_error") from err
 
-                message = f"Error calling {function} on {target}: {err}"
-                raise SonosUpdateError(message) from err
+                translation_key = "call_failed"
+                placeholders = {
+                    "target": target,
+                    "error": str(err),
+                }
+
+                if error_code is not None:
+                    translation_key = "upnp_call_failed"
+                    placeholders["error_code"] = str(error_code)
+
+                if str(error_code) == UPNP_ERROR_COMMAND_FAILED:
+                    translation_key = "upnp_call_failed_music_service_unavailable"
+
+                raise SonosUpdateError(
+                    translation_domain=DOMAIN,
+                    translation_key=translation_key,
+                    translation_placeholders=placeholders,
+                ) from err
 
             dispatch_soco = args_soco or self.soco  # type: ignore[union-attr]
             dispatcher_send(
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sonos/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/sonos/strings.json
index f2e01da70fa3..44276051d9da 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/sonos/strings.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sonos/strings.json
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
     "announce_media_error": {
       "message": "Announcing clip {media_id} failed {response}"
     },
+    "call_failed": {
+      "message": "Error on {target}: {error}"
+    },
     "entity_not_found": {
       "message": "Entity {entity_id} not found."
     },
@@ -141,6 +144,12 @@
     },
     "toggle_failed": {
       "message": "Could not toggle {entity_id}."
+    },
+    "upnp_call_failed": {
+      "message": "Error on {target} (UPnP error code {error_code}): {error}"
+    },
+    "upnp_call_failed_music_service_unavailable": {
+      "message": "Error on {target} (UPnP error code {error_code}): {error}. This may indicate the selected music service is not available on the speaker."
     }
   },
   "issues": {
diff --git a/tests/components/sonos/test_media_player.py b/tests/components/sonos/test_media_player.py
index 4dac45065347..18db04c55ca3 100644
--- a/tests/components/sonos/test_media_player.py
+++ b/tests/components/sonos/test_media_player.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from soco.data_structures import (
     DidlPlaylistContainer,
     SearchResult,
 )
+from soco.exceptions import SoCoUPnPException
 from sonos_websocket.exception import SonosWebsocketError
 from syrupy.assertion import SnapshotAssertion
 
@@ -326,6 +327,69 @@ async def test_play_media_library_content_error(
         )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("error", "translation_key", "translation_placeholders"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            OSError("Network down"),
+            "call_failed",
+            {
+                "target": "media_player.zone_a",
+                "error": "Network down",
+            },
+            id="generic-error",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            SoCoUPnPException("UPnP Error 701 received", "701", ""),
+            "upnp_call_failed",
+            {
+                "target": "media_player.zone_a",
+                "error": "UPnP Error 701 received",
+                "error_code": "701",
+            },
+            id="upnp-error",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            SoCoUPnPException("UPnP Error 800 received", "800", ""),
+            "upnp_call_failed_music_service_unavailable",
+            {
+                "target": "media_player.zone_a",
+                "error": "UPnP Error 800 received",
+                "error_code": "800",
+            },
+            id="upnp-error-800-music-service-unavailable",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_play_media_error_translation(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    soco_factory: SoCoMockFactory,
+    async_autosetup_sonos,
+    error: Exception,
+    translation_key: str,
+    translation_placeholders: dict[str, str],
+) -> None:
+    """Test play_media surfaces translated error details for failures."""
+    soco_mock = soco_factory.mock_list.get("192.168.42.2")
+    soco_mock.play_uri.side_effect = error
+
+    with pytest.raises(HomeAssistantError) as err:
+        await hass.services.async_call(
+            MP_DOMAIN,
+            SERVICE_PLAY_MEDIA,
+            {
+                ATTR_ENTITY_ID: "media_player.zone_a",
+                ATTR_MEDIA_CONTENT_TYPE: "track",
+                ATTR_MEDIA_CONTENT_ID: _track_url,
+                ATTR_MEDIA_ENQUEUE: MediaPlayerEnqueue.REPLACE,
+            },
+            blocking=True,
+        )
+
+    assert err.value.translation_key == translation_key
+    assert err.value.translation_placeholders == translation_placeholders
+
+
 _track_url = "S://192.168.42.100/music/iTunes/The%20Beatles/A%20Hard%20Day%2fs%I%20Should%20Have%20Known%20Better.mp3"