Phrase · 🧩 Idioms in everyday speech
Revisa bien el celular usado, que no te den gato por liebre.
Check the used phone carefully so they don't rip you off.
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Why every word is where it is
Revisa3verbcheckrevisar · imperative · 2nd sing.bien3adverbcarefully (lit. well)eldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitecelularnounmobile phonemasc. · sing.usadoadjectiveusedmasc. · sing.,que2conjunctionso thatnoadverbnotteobject pronounyoutú · 2nd sing. · indirect objectden1verbthey givedar · subjunctive · present · 3rd pl.gato1nouncatmasc. · sing.por1prepositionforliebre1nounharefem. · sing..
- den → liebre: dar gato por liebre: to cheat
- que → den: que (= para que) + subjunctive
- usado → celular: usado agrees with celular
Word for word: “Check well the used phone, that they don't give you cat for hare.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1dar gato por liebre = to swindle someone, pass off something worse as better (lit. give cat for hare).
- 2Colloquial que + subjunctive = so that, in case: que no te den…. The third person plural means "someone". Purpose: para + infinitive vs para que + subjunctive →
- 3revisar = to check, inspect; bien = carefully, properly.
Variations
- Revisa bien el celular usado, no vaya a ser que te den gato por liebre.
- Fíjate bien en el móvil usado, que no te den gato por liebre.
- Revisa bien el celular usado para que no te estafen.