Phrase · 🤨 Expressing reservations
Ojo con la letra pequeña: ahí suelen estar las sorpresas.
Watch out for the small print: that's where the surprises usually are.
C1warninginformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Ojo1nouneye; (¡ojo con…!) watch out for…masc. · sing.conprepositionwithladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definiteletra2nounletter, print; (la letra pequeña) the small printfem. · sing.pequeñaadjectivesmallpequeño · fem. · sing.:ahíadverbtheresuelen3verbthey usually (do)soler · present · 3rd pl.estarverbto beinfinitivelasdeterminertheel · fem. · pl. · definitesorpresasnounsurprisessorpresa · fem. · pl..
- suelen → estar: soler + infinitive
- suelen → sorpresas: inverted subject
- pequeña → letra: f. sg.
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡Ojo con…! = watch out for…: an informal warning.
- 2la letra pequeña = the small print, in the singular.
- 3soler + infinitive = usually (do): suelen estar. Verbal periphrases II: soler, dejar de, ponerse a, estar a punto de, seguir and llevar + gerund →