How to Say ‘What happened?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Qué te ha pasado?
keh teh ah pah-SAH-doh
[keh teh ah pah-SAH-doh]
💬 Usage Tip: In Spain, ha pasado "has happened" is the usual way to talk about something that happened earlier today. Latin Americans would more often say ¿Qué te pasó?.
Phrase Breakdown
¿Qué te
keh teh
What ... to you
'Qué' means 'what' and 'te' means 'to you'. Say them together as 'KE-te'. The 'u' in 'qué' is silent.
¿Qué te parece?
What do you think?
Words in this phrase
Qué
[keh]
what
Question word meaning what; in expressions like Qué tal it helps ask how things are.
¿Qué quieres comer?
What do you want to eat?
te
[teh]
to you
Indirect object pronoun meaning 'to you'; used in expressions about what suits someone.
¿Te va bien por la tarde?
Does the afternoon work for you?
ha pasado?
ah pah-SAH-doh
has happened?
Present perfect of 'pasar'. The 'h' is silent, so 'ha' sounds like 'a'. In Spain the 'd' in '-ado' is very soft: a-pa-SA-do.
¿Qué ha pasado aquí?
What has happened here?
Words in this phrase
ha
[ah]
has
Form of 'haber' used to build the present perfect tense, like 'has' in 'has been.'
Ha estado bien, pero todavía puedes hacerlo mejor.
It has been good, but you can still do better.
pasado
[pah-SAH-doh]
happened
Past participle of 'pasar' (to happen), used with 'haber' to form the perfect tense.
¿Qué ha pasado aquí?
What has happened here?
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