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How to Say ‘It didn’t get fixed.’ in Mexican Spanish

No se arregló.

noh seh ah-rreh-GLOH

[noh seh ah-rreh-GLOH]

💬 Usage Tip: "Arreglarse" here means "to get fixed." The "se" makes it feel like the issue resolved itself—or didn’t.

🇲🇽 In Mexico: A direct but not rude way to report that your troubleshooting didn’t solve the problem.

Phrase Breakdown

No

[noh]

no

Negation word used to say something did not happen or was not fixed.

Example

No se arregló después de reiniciar el calentador.

It didn’t get fixed after restarting the heater.

se

[seh]

itself / got

Reflexive pronoun used with arreglarse to mean to get fixed or become repaired.

Example

Se arregló solo por unos minutos y luego falló otra vez.

It fixed itself for only a few minutes and then failed again.

arregló

[ah-rreh-GLOH]

got fixed

Past tense of arreglarse; means was fixed or became repaired.

Example

No se arregló aunque apagué y prendí el boiler.

It didn’t get fixed even though I turned the boiler off and on.

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