How to Say ‘But the meter is going up a lot.’ in Mexican Spanish
Pero el taxímetro sube mucho.
PEH-roh el tahk-SEE-meh-troh SOO-beh MOO-choh
[PEH-roh el tahk-SEE-meh-troh SOO-beh MOO-choh]
Phrase Breakdown
Pero el taxímetro
PEH-roh el tahk-SEE-meh-troh
But the taxi meter
'Pero' means 'but'. Stress the 'XÍ' in 'taxímetro': ta-XÍ-me-tro.
Pero el taxímetro está apagado.
But the taxi meter is off.
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.
el
[el]
the
Masculine singular definite article.
«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».
“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”
taxímetro
[tahk-SEE-meh-troh]
taximeter
The device in a taxi that calculates the fare.
¿Puede prender el taxímetro?
Can you turn on the meter?
sube mucho.
SOO-beh MOO-choh
goes up a lot.
'Sube' comes from 'subir' (to go up). Stress the 'SU'.
El precio sube mucho.
The price goes up a lot.
Words in this phrase
sube
[SOO-beh]
goes up / rises
Third-person form of 'subir', to rise or go up.
El precio sube cada año.
The price goes up every year.
mucho
[MOO-choh]
a lot; very much
An adverb that intensifies the action, showing a high degree.
En invierno descansamos mucho y Nos cuidamos mucho.
In winter we rest a lot and take great care of each other.
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