How to Say ‘I missed it’ in Mexican Spanish
Me la perdí
meh lah pehr-DEE
[meh lah pehr-DEE]
💬 Usage Tip: la stands in for la jugada. For a masculine thing like el gol, it becomes me lo perdí.
Phrase Breakdown
Me
[meh]
me (for myself)
Reflexive pronoun used with 'perderse' to mean missing something.
Me perdí el final.
I missed the ending.
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.
perdí
[pehr-DEE]
I missed
Past of 'perder'; with 'me' it means to miss out on something.
Me perdí el primer gol.
I missed the first goal.
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