Showing posts with label enterarse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enterarse. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

No es lo mismo me enteré de algo que me enterré.

No es lo mismo que me enteré de algo que me enterré.
It's not the same to say "I found out about something" as "I buried myself".

Conversing at lunch yesterday, I committed the error of saying "Me enterré de...", to which V. responded "Nopo, te enterraron? Sabes que significa eso?" "Ooops! Sí."

And then I remembered a little song/chant thing I was taught, it went something like this...

A Tito le entierran mañana.
A Tito le entierran hoy.
A ti te van a enterrar.

They bury Tito tomorrow.
They bury Tito today.
They are going to bury you.

enterarse de algo - to find out something or to find out about something
enterrar - to bury (like in a grave)

This is just plain old regular Spanish.