Phrase · 🙄 Colloquial reactions
¡Venga, que ya queda poco!
Come on, not much further now!
C2encouragementcolloquiales-ESAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
¡Venga1verbcome on (lit. come)venir · imperative · 3rd sing.,queconjunction(because)yaadverbnowqueda2verbis leftquedar · present · 3rd sing.poco3pronounlittlemasc. · sing.!
- Venga → que: ¡Venga, que…!: encouragement + reason
- que → queda: que + reason
- queda → poco: queda poco: little is left
Word for word: “Come, that little remains now!”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¡Venga! (Spain) = come on!: the usted imperative of venir, frozen as encouragement and used with anyone. Lexicalised imperatives and pragmatic particles →
- 2quedar = to be left: ya queda poco = there isn't much left (= ya falta poco). Verbs like gustar II: doler, parecer, quedar, importar, molestar, faltar →
- 3poco as a pronoun = a little (time, distance), without an article.
Variations
- ¡Vamos, que ya falta poco!
- ¡Ánimo, que ya queda poco!
- ¡Dale, que ya falta poco!