Wendung · 💥 Mishaps
Menos mal que llevaba paraguas, porque cayó un aguacero tremendo.
Good thing I had an umbrella with me, because there was a huge downpour.
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Menos1Adverbless (menos mal = good thing)mal1Adverbbadlyque1Konjunktionthatllevaba2VerbI had with me (lit. carried)llevar · Imperfekt · 1. Pers. Sg.paraguasNomenumbrellamask.,porqueKonjunktionbecausecayó2Verbfellcaer · Vergangenheit · 3. Pers. Sg.unBegleiterauno · mask. · Sg. · unbestimmtaguacero3Nomendownpourmask. · Sg.tremendoAdjektivhuge, tremendousmask. · Sg..
- llevaba → paraguas: obj
- aguacero → cayó: agree
- aguacero → un: agree
- aguacero → tremendo: agree
Wörtlich: “Less bad that I was carrying an umbrella, because a tremendous downpour fell.”
Warum sie so gebaut ist
Die Hinweise passen zu den Nummern oben.
- 1Menos mal que + indicative = good thing, luckily. It expresses relief at a mishap avoided.
- 2llevaba (imperfect) is the background, what I had on me; cayó (preterite) is the event. Preterite vs imperfect in narration →
- 3aguacero = a sudden heavy shower, a common word across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Varianten
- Menos mal que traía paraguas, porque cayó un aguacero tremendo.