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Phrase · 🏫 Classroom and communication survival

¿Qué quiere decir esto?

What does this mean?

A1asking what something meanslearned as a wholeAudio · coming soon

Why every word is where it is

¿Qué1pronounwhatquiere2verbwantsquerer · present · 3rd sing.decir2verbto sayinfinitiveesto3pronounthiseste · sing.?
  • quiere → decir: querer decir = to mean
  • esto → quiere: subject: esto

Word for word: “What does this want to say?”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Question words carry an accent: qué. Questions and negation →
  2. 2
  3. 3
    esto (neuter) points at something you don't name. Demonstratives and place words: este, ese, aquel →

Variations

  • ¿Qué significa esto?
  • ¿Qué quiere decir «chamba»?