How to Say ‘Time flies with you.’ in Mexican Spanish
Contigo el tiempo se pasa volando.
kohn-TEE-goh el tee-EHM-poh seh PAH-sah boh-LAHN-doh
[kohn-TEE-goh el tee-EHM-poh seh PAH-sah boh-LAHN-doh]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: A sweet compliment that's openly romantic without being too much. It's a good line near the end of a date that went well.
Phrase Breakdown
Contigo
[kohn-TEE-goh]
with you
Combined form of 'con' + 'ti'.
Contigo todo es más fácil.
With you everything is easier.
el tiempo
el tee-EHM-poh
time
The subject of the sentence.
El tiempo es oro.
Time is gold.
Words in this phrase
el
[el]
the
Masculine singular definite article.
«El» acompaña al sustantivo en «El crecimiento».
“El” accompanies the noun in “The growth.”
tiempo
[tee-EHM-poh]
time
Refers to the other person’s time, attention, or availability.
Gracias por compartir tu "tiempo" conmigo después de la conferencia.
Thank you for sharing your time with me after the conference.
se pasa volando.
seh PAH-sah boh-LAHN-doh
flies by.
An idiom meaning time goes by very fast.
Las vacaciones se pasan volando.
Vacations fly by.
Words in this phrase
se
[seh]
itself (reflexive)
Reflexive pronoun used with 'pasar' for time going by.
El día se pasa rápido.
The day goes by fast.
pasa
[PAH-sah]
goes by / passes
With 'se', describes time passing.
La semana se pasa lenta.
The week goes by slowly.
volando
[boh-LAHN-doh]
flying
Gerund of 'volar'; 'pasar volando' = to fly by.
Las vacaciones pasaron volando.
The vacation flew by.
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