Phrase · 🪶 Hedging and softening

Digamos que no fue su mejor día.

Let's just say it wasn't her best day.

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Why every word is where it is

Digamos1verblet's saydecir · subjunctive · present · 1st pl.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnot, nofueverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.sudeterminerhis, her, its, your, their3rd sing.mejor2adjectivebetter; bestsing.díanoundaymasc. · sing..

su → día: m. sg.
mejor → día: superlative

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Digamos que = let's say: a tactful understatement.
2
su mejor día: the possessive replaces the article. Comparatives, superlatives and exclamatives →