How to Say ‘So you won't tell anyone’ in Mexican Spanish
Para que no le cuentes a nadie
PAH-rah keh noh leh KWEN-tehs ah NAH-dyeh
[PAH-rah keh noh leh KWEN-tehs ah NAH-dyeh]
💬 Usage Tip: After para que, the verb changes its ending: cuentas becomes cuentes. Same with hablas becoming hables.
Phrase Breakdown
Para que no le cuentes
PAH-rah keh noh leh KWEN-tehs
So that you don't tell
'Para que' (so that) is followed by the subjunctive form 'cuentes'. In casual speech 'para' often sounds like 'pa'.
Te lo digo para que no te preocupes.
I'm telling you so that you don't worry.
Words in this phrase
Para
[PAH-rah]
for / in order to
Often used to express purpose, especially why you attended an event.
Estoy aquí Para aprender sobre su cultura laboral.
I am here in order to learn about your work culture.
que
[keh]
that
Used to specify something.
Muéstrame 'lo que' compraste.
Show me 'what' you bought.
no
[noh]
do not
Used to form the negative of the verb have.
No tengo un coche ahora.
I do not have a car now.
le
[leh]
(to someone)
Indirect object pronoun, redundant with 'a nadie'.
No le digas a nadie.
Don't tell anyone.
cuentes
[KWEN-tehs]
you tell
Subjunctive of 'contar', to tell.
Quiero que me cuentes todo.
I want you to tell me everything.
a nadie
ah NAH-dyeh
anyone
Completes the double negative: 'no... a nadie'.
No conozco a nadie aquí.
I don't know anyone here.
Words in this phrase
a
[ah]
to
Preposition used before a person as the object of introduction.
Voy a a la mesa de empresas internacionales.
I'm going to the table of international companies.
nadie
[NAH-dyeh]
nobody / anyone
Pronoun meaning no one; 'anyone' after a negative.
No vino nadie.
Nobody came.
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