Phrase · 😏 Irony and understatement
¡Menudo día llevo!
What a day I'm having!
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Why every word is where it is
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1menudo literally means "small", but before a noun in an exclamation it intensifies ironically: a terrible day. Mostly Spain. Advanced emphatic and exclamative structures →
- 2llevar + a period of time = to have been going through it so far.
Variations
- ¡Qué día llevo!
- ¡Tremendo día!
- ¡Vaya día llevo!