How to Say ‘I had a really good time.’ in Mexican Spanish
Me la pasé muy bien.
may lah pah-SEH mwee byehn
[may lah pah-SEH mwee byehn]
💬 Usage Tip: la here doesn't refer to anything specific. It's just part of the fixed expression pasarla bien "to have a good time", so you'd say nos la pasamos bien for "we had a good time".
Phrase Breakdown
Me la pasé
may lah pah-SEH
I had (a time)
This is a very common Mexican expression, 'pasársela', meaning 'to have a time'. Stress the final 'sé' in 'pasé'.
Me la pasé genial en la fiesta.
I had a great time at the party.
Words in this phrase
Me
[may]
me
A reflexive pronoun used for oneself in Spanish.
Me levanto temprano todos los días.
I get up early every day.
la
[lah]
it
Feminine object pronoun, referring to the reservation.
La reserva, la confirmo mañana.
The reservation, I'll confirm it tomorrow.
pasé
[pah-SEH]
I spent / I had (a time)
Past tense of 'pasar'; in 'pasarla bien' it means to have a good time.
Me la pasé genial en la fiesta.
I had a great time at the party.
muy bien.
mwee byehn
very well / a great time.
'Muy' sounds like 'mwee'. 'Bien' is one syllable: 'byen'.
Estoy muy bien, gracias.
I'm very well, thanks.
Words in this phrase
muy
[mwee]
very
An adverb used to intensify an adjective or description.
«Muy» da más fuerza a la idea en «Es muy humana».
“Muy” gives more strength to the idea in “It is very human.”
bien
[byehn]
well / fine
Adverb meaning in good condition or okay, often used with 'estar'.
El calentador ya funciona bien.
The water heater works fine now.
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