Phrase · 😏 Irony and understatement

¡Menudo día llevo!

What a day I'm having!

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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place

¡Menudo1adjectifwhat a (ironic)masc. · sing.díanomdaymasc. · sing.llevo2verbeI'm having (lit. I carry)llevar · présent · 1re pers. sing.!

Mot à mot : “Small day I'm carrying!”

Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.

1
menudo literally means "small", but before a noun in an exclamation it intensifies ironically: a terrible day. Mostly Spain. Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
2
llevar + a period of time = to have been going through it so far.