Phrase · 📜 Proverbs in conversation
Las entradas se agotan rápido; camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente.
Tickets sell out fast; you snooze, you lose.
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Why every word is where it is
Lasdeterminertheel · fem. · pl. · definiteentradas4nounticketsentrada · fem. · pl.sepronoun(themselves)3rdagotan4verbsell outagotar · present · 3rd pl.rápidoadverbfast;camarón2nounshrimpmasc. · sing.que1pronounthatse1pronoun(itself)3rdduerme1verbfalls asleepdormir · present · 3rd sing.se3pronoun(away)3rdlo3object pronounit (the shrimp)él · 3rd sing. · direct objectlleva1verbcarries offllevar · present · 3rd sing.la1determinertheel · fem. · sing. · definitecorriente1nouncurrentfem. · sing..
- camarón → corriente: frozen proverb
- lo → camarón: lo refers back to camarón
- corriente → lleva: la corriente: subject of lleva
- agotan → entradas: agotan agrees with las entradas
Word for word: “…the shrimp that falls asleep is carried off by the current.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente = you snooze, you lose (lit. the shrimp that falls asleep gets swept away).
- 2Very common in Latin America, light and humorous; Spain knows it too.
- 3Fronted topic + resumptive pronoun: camarón…, then lo picks it up as the object of se lo lleva. Topicalisation, clitic doubling and lo as an attribute →
- 4entradas = tickets for a show or a match; agotarse = to sell out.
Variations
- Compra ya las entradas; camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente.
- Las entradas vuelan; camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente.
- Las entradas se agotan rápido; el que se duerme pierde.