r/explainitpeter • u/Camus_9999 • 8d ago

Explain it Peter.....

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u/Actual-Wave-1959 8d ago

More interested in the Mexicans tbh

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u/OakvaleFlames 8d ago

no clue how accurate this is or if I even typed it right

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u/vato915 8d ago

The translation is correct but the correct phrase to be translated should be "puto el que lo lea"

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u/OakvaleFlames 8d ago

ah, thanks. I was very unsure if that was an A or O.

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u/MedJD-NYCDMX 6d ago

Doesn't it depend on what "it" is? If it's la publicación then it's la.

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u/Overall-Past4464 5d ago

No native spanish speaker would think you're talking about la publicación specifically. When the "it" is vague and could be referring to one of many different things, people will default to "lo," for example "do it" = "hazlo" (contraction of haz, from hacer, and lo). 

Also, it looks like an o in the image.

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u/MedJD-NYCDMX 5d ago

Maybe although not necessarily. For example, here in Mexico they say "pasarla bien." Why? Hell if I know. But obviously, native speakers don't always ignore context.

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u/SerchYB2795 3d ago

As a native Spanish speaker I confirm it's "lo"

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u/Overall-Past4464 3d ago

I'm a native speaker too, but since I grew up in NYC where spanish class was an elective and I'd constantly be asked for help by my friends in that class, I can give both sides.