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Phrase · 🎬 Telling a story vividly

¡No puede ser! Cuéntamelo todo.

No way! Tell me everything.

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Why every word is where it is

¡Noadverbnot, nopuede1verbcanpoder · present · 3rd sing.serverbto beinfinitive!Cuéntamelo2verbtell me (it)contar · imperative · 2nd sing.todo3pronouneverythingmasc. · sing..
  • Cuéntamelo → todo: lo doubles todo

Word for word: “It can't be! Tell me it all.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    ¡No puede ser! = no way!, I can't believe it.
  2. 2
    Imperative + me + lo, written as one word with an accent. Double object pronouns (se lo) and clitic placement →
  3. 3
    With todo as the object, Spanish adds lo: cuéntamelo todo. Topicalisation, clitic doubling and lo as an attribute →