Phrase · 🗺️ Regional colloquial expressions
Me quedé sin laburo y ando buscando algo.
I lost my job and I'm looking for something.
C1talking about workcolloquiales-ARAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Mepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.quedéverb(me quedé sin) I was left withoutquedar · past · 1st sing.sinprepositionwithoutlaburo1noun(AR) work, jobmasc. · sing.yconjunctionandando2verbI go around; (ando + gerund) I'm …ingandar · present · 1st sing.buscandoverblooking forbuscar · gerundalgopronounsomething.
- Me → quedé: quedarse sin
- ando → buscando: andar + gerund
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1laburo (Argentina, Uruguay) = work, job.
- 2andar + gerund: neutral "be doing" in much of Latin America. Verbal periphrases III →