How to Say ‘Would you mind serving mine without the salt pork?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Te importaría ponerme el mío sin tocino?
teh eem-por-tah-REE-ah poh-NEHR-meh el MEE-oh seen toh-THEE-noh
[teh eem-por-tah-REE-ah poh-NEHR-meh el MEE-oh seen toh-THEE-noh]
Phrase Breakdown
¿Te importaría
teh eem-por-tah-REE-ah
Would you mind
This is a polite request in the conditional. Stress 'im-por-ta-RÍ-a'.
¿Te importaría cerrar la puerta?
Would you mind closing the door?
Words in this phrase
Te
[teh]
to you
An indirect object pronoun meaning to you, often used in expressions of desire or preference.
Si te pregunto «Te apetece» un café, quiero saber si te apetece.
If I ask you “Do you feel like” a coffee, I want to know if you feel like it.
importaría
[eem-por-tah-REE-ah]
would it bother / would you mind
Conditional of 'importar', used for polite requests.
¿Le importaría esperar?
Would you mind waiting?
ponerme el mío
poh-NEHR-meh el MEE-oh
serving me mine
'Me' is attached to the infinitive 'poner'. 'El mío' refers to his plate.
Ponerme el mío primero, por favor.
Serve mine first, please.
Words in this phrase
ponerme
[poh-NEHR-meh]
to serve me / put for me
Infinitive 'poner' plus 'me'; here means to serve a portion for me.
¿Puedes ponerme un café?
Can you get me a coffee?
el
[el]
the one
Used to refer to a specific option already mentioned.
El Colombia es mi favorito, pero El de Etiopía también está bien.
The Colombia one is my favorite, but the Ethiopia one is also good.
mío
[MEE-oh]
mine
Possessive pronoun for 'mine', masculine singular; with 'el' it replaces a noun already mentioned.
Tu coche es rojo y el mío es azul.
Your car is red and mine is blue.
sin tocino?
seen toh-THEE-noh
without the pork fat?
'Tocino' is cured pork fat, a typical cocido ingredient. Say 'to-THI-no' with a rising tone.
Lo quiero sin tocino.
I want it without pork fat.
Words in this phrase
sin
[seen]
without
In the absence of.
No lo hagas sin permiso.
Don't do it without permission.
tocino
[toh-THEE-noh]
pork fat / bacon
Cured pork fat, typical in stews like cocido.
El cocido lleva tocino.
Cocido contains pork fat.
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