Phrase · 😏 Irony and understatement
¡La de veces que te lo habré dicho!
How many times must I have told you!
C2exasperated reproachcolloquiales-ESAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¡La1determinerthe (number)el · fem. · sing. · definitede1prepositionofveces1nountimesvez · fem. · pl.quepronounthatte3object pronounyoutú · 2nd sing. · indirect objectlo3object pronounitél · 3rd sing. · direct objecthabré2verbI must have (lit. will have)haber · future · 1st sing.dicho2verbtolddecir · participle · masc. · sing.!
- La → veces: la de + noun: how many
- que → veces: que refers to veces
- habré → dicho: habré + participle: conjecture
- te → lo: te before lo
Word for word: “The of times that I will have told it to you!”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡La de… que…! (Spain): la stands for la cantidad, so = how many times! Latin America: ¡La cantidad de veces que…! Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 2Future perfect of conjecture: habré dicho = I must have said it (so often I've lost count). Future perfect and the conditional of probability →
- 3Two object pronouns: indirect te before direct lo, both before the verb. Double object pronouns (se lo) and clitic placement →
Variations
- ¡La cantidad de veces que te lo dije!
- ¡Cuántas veces te lo habré dicho!
- ¡Mira que te lo he dicho veces!