Learn 15 ways to complain in Mexican Spanish
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| Hi, everyone. I’m Denise from SpanishPod101.com. In this video, we’ll be talking about Making Complaints in Spanish. Let’s begin! |
| COMPLAINT 1 |
| The first complaint is ... |
| [Normal] Me estoy muriendo de hambre. [Slow] Me estoy muriendo de hambre. |
| "I'm starving." |
| This literally means "I am dying of hunger." |
| COMPLAINT 2 |
| The next complaint is... |
| [Normal] Hay mucho ruido. [Slow] Hay mucho ruido. |
| This means "It's noisy." |
| This literally means "There is a lot of noise." |
| COMPLAINT 3 |
| [Normal] Está caluroso [Slow] Está caluroso |
| This means "It's hot." |
| You can also say Hace calor, which means "It's hot," when talking about the weather. |
| COMPLAINT 4 |
| [Normal] Está frío [Slow] Está frío |
| This means "It's cold." |
| You can also say Hace frío. |
| COMPLAINT 5 |
| [Normal] Es muy caro. [Slow] Es muy caro. |
| "It's too expensive." |
| You can also say Está muy caro. |
| You can use this when bargaining! |
| COMPLAINT 6 |
| [Normal] Estoy cansado. [Slow] Estoy cansado. |
| "I'm tired." |
| For the feminine form, say Estoy cansada. |
| I use this all the time! |
| COMPLAINT 7 |
| [Normal] Engordé. [Slow] Engordé. |
| "I got fat." |
| Remember that you can conjugate a verb to demonstrate who is doing the action without having to use names or pronouns. |
| COMPLAINT 8 |
| [Normal] Nunca tengo dinero. [Slow] Nunca tengo dinero. |
| "I'm always broke." |
| The literal translation is "I never have money." |
| COMPLAINT 9 |
| [Normal] Mi trabajo es aburrido [Slow] Mi trabajo es aburrido |
| "My job is boring." |
| You can substitute Mi trabajo ("my job") with another noun phrase to say that something is boring. For example, Esta película es aburrida ("This movie is boring"). |
| COMPLAINT 10 |
| [Normal] Esa persona apesta. [Slow] Esa persona apesta. |
| "That person stinks." |
| Like in English, this sentence could mean that the person literally has a bad odor, that they are bad at doing something, or that they are unlikable. |
| COMPLAINT 11 |
| [Normal] Hay demasiado tráfico. [Slow] Hay demasiado tráfico. |
| "There is too much traffic." |
| Because only a few cities in Mexico have trains, cars are still the main means of transportation, even in large cities. |
| COMPLAINT 12 |
| [Normal] El Wi-Fi aquí es demasiado lento. [Slow] El Wi-Fi aquí es demasiado lento. |
| "The Wi-Fi here is too slow." |
| Wi-Fi comes from English, the translation in Spanish is conexión inálambrica. |
| COMPLAINT 13 |
| [Normal] Mi jefe es molesto. [Slow] Mi jefe es molesto. |
| "My boss is annoying." |
| The feminine form of jefe ("boss") is jefa. |
| COMPLAINT 14 |
| [Normal] El salario es muy poco. [Slow] El salario es muy poco. |
| "The wage is too low." |
| Another word used for "salary" is sueldo. |
| COMPLAINT 15 |
| [Normal] No me gusta. [Slow] No me gusta. |
| "I don't like it." |
| To specify what you don't like, add it after gusta. For example, No me gusta el aguacate means "I don't like avocado." |
Outro |
| Okay, that's all for this lesson. Which complaint do you like most? Leave us a comment letting us know. And we'll see you next time! |
| Hasta la próxima! |
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