Phrase · ✋ Concession and insistence
Porque te enfades no vas a tener más razón.
Getting angry won't make you any more right.
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Why every word is where it is
Porque1conjunctionjust becausete2pronoun(yourself)tú · 2ndenfades2verbyou get angryenfadarse · subjunctive · present · 2nd sing.noadverbnotvasverbyou are goingir · present · 2nd sing.aprepositiontotener3verbto haveinfinitivemásadverbmorerazón3nounright (reason)fem. · sing..
- Porque → enfades: porque + subjunctive: concessive
- te → enfades: te enfades: enfadarse
- vas → tener: ir a + infinitive
- tener → razón: tener razón: be right
Word for word: “Because you get angry you won't have more reason.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Concessive porque + subjunctive at the start: "just because you get angry doesn't mean…". The subjunctive denies the cause. Mood alternation II: -quiera relatives, concessive así / porque, speaker commitment →
- 2enfadarse = to get angry; Mexico and Argentina prefer enojarse.
- 3tener razón = to be right. For people, ser correcto would mean "to be polite".
Variations
- Por mucho que te enfades, no vas a tener más razón.
- Porque grites más no vas a tener razón.
- Porque te enojes no vas a tener más razón.