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komugikomugimugi
4 dic 2022

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Pregunta de Español (México)

What does "irte" mean in this context? I know it can mean "leave" but it doesn't make sense here.

A: Como no tenía a dónde ir, la señorita Luvia me tomó a su cargo
B: Qué no tenías con quién irte? ¿Y tu familia? ¿Y tu casa?

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charaznable250
4 dic 2022

  • Español (Chile)
  • Español (México)

"Con quien irte" here means "someone to go to" (literally: someone to go with)

A: Since I had nowhere to go, miss Luvia took me under her wing
B: You didn't have someone to go to? What about your family? And your house?

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JohnnyLimaG
4 dic 2022

  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)

Ir significa en ese contexto "dirigir afuera" o también "salir".

A: Como no tenía a dónde "salir/dirigirme", la señorita Luvia me tomó a su cargo.
B:Qué no tenías con quien "salir/dirigirte afuera"
¿Y tu familia? ¿Y tu casa?

komugikomugimugi
5 dic 2022

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@charaznable250
Thank you.
Can “someone to go with" mean "someone to go to" in Spanish?
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charaznable250
5 dic 2022

  • Español (Chile)
  • Español (México)

@komugikomugimugi Not really, you would say "alguien a quien ir". I interpreted it like that because otherwise I thought the sentence would be wrong. However, I thought that because of the "casa" part, that confused me a bit but now I found a way for it to be correct and make sense: If by "casa" they meant "house" as "a noble, royal, or wealthy family or lineage; a dynasty.".

Then the sentence would be "You didn't have someone to leave/go with you? What about your family? and your house?"

Does this make sense in context?

(Side note, even though it is wrong I had to think for a bit if it actually was, didn't strike me as wrong when I first read it)

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What does "irte" mean in this context? I know it can mean "leave" but it doesn't make sense here. A: Como no tenía a dónde ir, la señorita Luvia me tomó a su cargo B: Qué no tenías con quién irte? ¿Y tu familia? ¿Y tu casa?
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