Phrase · 🤝 Negotiating and reaching agreements
Lo dejamos en mil quinientos y no se hable más.
Let's call it fifteen hundred and say no more.
C1closing a haggleinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Loobject pronounit, himél · 3rd sing. · direct objectdejamos1verbleave; (dejarlo en) settle atdejar · present · 1st pl.enprepositionin, on, atmil2determinerthousandquinientosdeterminerfive hundredyconjunctionandnoadverbnot, nosepronounhimself, herself, itself, themselves; (impersonal)3rdhable3verbbe spoken; (no se hable más) say no morehablar · subjunctive · present · 3rd sing.másadverbmore.
- dejamos → en: dejar en
- se → hable: impersonal se
Word for word: “We leave it at one thousand five hundred and let no more be said.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1The present makes a firm proposal: lo dejamos en = let's settle at.
- 2No y between thousands and hundreds: mil quinientos. Numbers, telling the time and dates →
- 3y no se hable más: a subjunctive of command, a fixed way to end the discussion. Subjunctive: wishes and influence →