Phrase · 💭 Hypotheses in every register
Como vuelvas a mentirme, se acabó.
If you lie to me again, that's it.
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Why every word is where it is
Como1conjunctionif (warning)vuelvas1verbyou … againvolver · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing.a3prepositiontomentirme3verblie to mementir · infinitive,se2pronoun(itself)3rdacabó2verbit's over (lit. it ended)acabar · past · 3rd sing..
- Como → vuelvas: como + subjunctive: warning
- vuelvas → mentirme: volver a + infinitive
- se → acabó: se acabó: it's over
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1como + subjunctive = if, in warnings and threats: only for unwanted outcomes. Very common in Spain, less so in the Americas. Conditions without si: como, en caso de que, a menos que, gerund, imperative →
- 2se acabó = that's it, it's over: the preterite presents the end as already decided. Modal and stylistic uses of tenses →
- 3volver a + infinitive = to do again; the pronoun attaches to the infinitive: mentirme. Verbal periphrases I: acabar de, empezar a, volver a, hay que →
Variations
- Si vuelves a mentirme, se acabó.
- Como me vuelvas a mentir, hemos terminado.
- Una mentira más y se acabó.