How to Say ‘Where do they paint it?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Dónde la pintan?
DOHN-deh lah PEEN-tahn
[DOHN-deh lah PEEN-tahn]
💬 Usage Tip: pintan uses "they" for unnamed people in general, just like English "Where do they paint it?". la refers back to la cara.
Phrase Breakdown
Dónde
[DOHN-deh]
where
Question word asking about place; has an accent in questions.
¿Dónde vives?
Where do you live?
la
[lah]
it (feminine)
Object pronoun replacing a feminine noun such as 'silla' or 'mesa'.
La mesa, la tenemos lista.
The table, we have it ready.
pintan
[PEEN-tahn]
they paint
Present tense of 'pintar' for they; often used impersonally like 'where do they do it'.
Aquí pintan uñas y caras.
Here they paint nails and faces.
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