Who knows the meaning of this phrase in Spanish:Dime de lo que presumes, y te diré de lo que careces
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Hi, that sentence is an idiom, you wouldn’t translate it literally as you read it. The meaning is “a show of person that use to be proud of the things he/she owns or does, really doesn’t have that and is lacking in that”
- Patricia YapurSpanish Native Tutor for many years, worked in the Hotel and Tourist field, world traveller.
Tell me how you show off, and I will tell you what are you lacking.
can be related with the phrase : tell me what you brag about and i will tell you what you lack.
Spanish is a wonderful language full of phrases. However, many of them are idioms, which means that they don´t make sense when you translate them directly into another language. Other times, the same phrase exists in multiple languages. In this case, the phrase means that what you show off more or presume in front of others, is exactly what you lack the most. I love phrases and in my classes, you will learn a lot of them and also share those from your language!
That phrase it's an idiom but if we make a direct translation that will be: Tell me what you are proud off or what you show off and I will tell you what you are lacking.
Esa frase significa que la persona que alardea o se jacta de algo, precisamente ese algo le falta
Hi Alexandra! this sentence means: tell me what things what you boast of and I will tell you what you're lacking in
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