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Phrase · 😲 Reacting and exclaiming

¡Con lo que me costó conseguirlo!

After all it took me to get it!

C1expressing frustrationinformalAudio · coming soon
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Why every word is where it is

¡Con1prepositionwithlodeterminerthe (neuter)el · definitequepronounthat, which, whomepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.costó2verbcostcostar · past · 3rd sing.conseguirloverbto get it, to manage itconseguir · infinitive!
  • me → costó: experiencer
  • costó → conseguirlo: subject infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    con lo que + indicative: a real effort that makes the loss worse. Concessive structures II →
  2. 2
    costarle a alguien + infinitive = be hard for someone to.