How to Say ‘...is it about? /...is it?’ in Mexican Spanish
...se trata?
seh TRAH-tah
[seh TRAH-tah]
💬 Usage Tip: “Tratarse de” = “to be about.” Literally: “What is it about?”
🇲🇽 In Mexico: This is a very natural Mexican question; answering with a short label first (“Es una app…”) sounds confident.
Phrase Breakdown
se
[seh]
itself / (part of "se trata")
Reflexive/impersonal "se" used in the fixed expression "se trata de" meaning “it’s about / it deals with.”
¿De qué se trata esta app?
What is this app about?
trata
[TRAH-tah]
it is about / it deals with
From "tratarse" in the phrase "se trata de". Used to ask/answer what something is about.
Se trata de una idea para organizar mejor el evento.
It’s about an idea to organize the event better.
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