How to Say ‘Hurry / worry’ in Mexican Spanish
Se apure
seh ah-POO-reh
[seh ah-POO-reh]
💬 Usage Tip: In [no se apure], [apurarse] can mean "to worry" in Mexico, not just "to hurry." So [no se apure] is a common reassuring phrase meaning "don't worry."
🇲🇽 In Mexico: This is warm and polite, and you'll hear it a lot in service situations in Mexico when someone wants to put you at ease.
Phrase Breakdown
Se
[seh]
yourself
Reflexive pronoun used with apurarse, meaning to hurry oneself.
Se apure si quiere llegar antes del tráfico.
Hurry up if you want to arrive before traffic.
apure
[ah-POO-reh]
hurry up
Formal command form of apurarse, used to tell someone to hurry.
Se apure, por favor, que ya llegamos al hotel.
Please hurry up, since we've already arrived at the hotel.
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