Phrase · 🎚️ Nuancing an opinion
Depende de cómo se mire.
It depends on how you look at it.
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Why every word is where it is
Depende1verbdependsdepender · present · 3rd sing.deprepositionof, fromcómoadverbhowsepronounhimself, herself, itself, themselves; (impersonal)3rdmire2verblook at (subj.)mirar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing..
- Depende → de: depender de
- se → mire: impersonal se
Word for word: “It depends on how one looks at it.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1depender de: Spanish keeps the preposition de.
- 2Impersonal se + subjunctive: any possible way of looking at it. Time, place and manner clauses with the subjunctive →