How to Say ‘Not much, but we laughed all day.’ in Mexican Spanish
No mucho, pero nos reíamos todo el día.
noh MOO-choh PEH-roh nohs rreh-EE-ah-mohs toh-doh el DEE-ah
[noh MOO-choh PEH-roh nohs rreh-EE-ah-mohs toh-doh el DEE-ah]
Phrase Breakdown
No mucho,
noh MOO-choh
Not much,
A short, casual answer. Pause briefly at the comma. 'Mucho' sounds like MOO-cho.
¿Comiste? No mucho.
Did you eat? Not much.
Words in this phrase
No
[noh]
not
Used to make a word or group of words negative.
No voy a ir.
I am not going.
mucho
[MOO-choh]
a lot
Used to emphasize a strong degree or importance.
«Mucho» refuerza la frase «Me importa mucho».
“Mucho” strengthens the phrase “It matters to me a lot.”
pero nos reíamos
PEH-roh nohs rreh-EE-ah-mohs
but we used to laugh
'Reírse' is a reflexive verb, and the imperfect 'nos reíamos' shows an ongoing past action. Stress the 'í': re-Í-a-mos.
De niños nos reíamos mucho.
As kids we used to laugh a lot.
Words in this phrase
pero
[PEH-roh]
but
A conjunction used to introduce contrast or additional information.
Trabajo en marketing, «Pero» busco un cambio.
I work in marketing, “but” I am looking for a change.
nos
[nohs]
ourselves
Used to refer to a group including the speaker previously mentioned as the object of a verb or preposition, when they are also the subject of the clause.
Nos miramos en el espejo.
We look at ourselves in the mirror.
reíamos
[rreh-EE-ah-mohs]
we used to laugh
Imperfect of reírse for 'we'; used with nos.
Nos reíamos de sus chistes.
We used to laugh at his jokes.
todo el día.
toh-doh el DEE-ah
all day.
A time expression that links smoothly: TO-doel-DI-a.
Llovió todo el día.
It rained all day.
Words in this phrase
todo
[toh-doh]
all
Used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of something.
Todo el dinero se ha gastado.
All the money has been spent.
el
[el]
the
Masculine singular definite article.
«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».
“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”
día
[DEE-ah]
day
Refers to a specific day when something happened.
Aquel "día" conocí a varias personas de tu empresa.
That day I met several people from your company.
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