How to Say ‘Did you get on a trajinera?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Te subiste a una trajinera?
teh soo-BEES-teh ah OO-nah trah-hee-NEH-rah
[teh soo-BEES-teh ah OO-nah trah-hee-NEH-rah]
💬 Usage Tip: subirse a "to get on" is used for any vehicle: me subí al metro "I got on the metro". The te is part of the verb here, not a separate "you".
Phrase Breakdown
¿Te subiste
teh soo-BEES-teh
Did you get on
'Subirse a' means to get on or climb aboard. Stress 'BEES': 'teh-soo-BEES-teh'.
¿Te subiste al metro?
Did you get on the subway?
Words in this phrase
Te
[teh]
yourself
Refers back to the person addressed.
Mírate en el espejo antes de salir.
Look at yourself in the mirror before going out.
subiste
[soo-BEES-teh]
you got on
Past tense of 'subirse' for 'tú'; to get on or board something.
¿Te subiste al camión?
Did you get on the bus?
a una trajinera?
ah OO-nah trah-hee-NEH-rah
a trajinera (a colorful boat)?
A trajinera is the colorful boat used in Xochimilco. Say 'tra-hee-NEH-ra'; the 'j' is a breathy 'h'.
Paseamos en una trajinera.
We rode in a trajinera.
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.
una
[OO-nah]
a
Feminine singular indefinite article meaning 'a' or 'one.'
Una reclutadora me dio su tarjeta hoy.
A recruiter gave me her card today.
trajinera
[trah-hee-NEH-rah]
trajinera (colorful canal boat)
A flat, brightly painted boat used on the canals of Xochimilco.
La trajinera tiene flores pintadas.
The canal boat has painted flowers.
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