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In Spanish, subject pronouns like yo are usually omitted because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.
- soporto = I endure / I tolerate / I can’t stand
The -o ending indicates first person singular (yo).
You would normally only add yo if you want to:
- Emphasize contrast: Yo no soporto el frío, pero tú sí.
- Clarify who you are talking about in a confusing context.
So both are correct:
- No soporto el frío en la montaña. (most natural)
- Yo no soporto el frío en la montaña. (with emphasis on I)
The verb soportar literally means to bear / to put up with / to tolerate.
With no, No soporto… is usually best translated as:
- I can’t stand…
- I can’t bear…
- I can’t tolerate…
It is stronger than just I don’t like:
- No me gusta el frío. = I don’t like the cold.
- No soporto el frío. = I can’t stand the cold (it really bothers me).
So in emotional strength:
me gusta < no me gusta < no soporto / no aguanto / odio
The infinitive is soportar (to bear / to stand / to tolerate).
Present tense (indicative):
- yo soporto – I tolerate / I stand
- tú soportas – you tolerate / you stand
- él / ella / usted soporta – he / she / you (formal) tolerate(s)
- nosotros / nosotras soportamos – we tolerate
- ustedes soportan – you (plural) tolerate
- ellos / ellas soportan – they tolerate
So No soporto… is I don’t tolerate / I can’t stand…
Both are grammatically correct and common:
- No soporto el frío en la montaña.
- No puedo soportar el frío en la montaña.
Differences in nuance:
- No soporto… = a general statement about what you can’t stand. Short, direct, very common.
- No puedo soportar… = literally I can’t manage to stand…, sometimes a bit more dramatic or emphatic.
In everyday speech, No soporto… is the cleaner, more natural choice unless you want to sound especially intense or expressive.
Several points here:
Article use:
In Spanish, when talking about something in a general sense, you usually use the definite article:- El frío = the cold (cold in general, as a thing)
- No soporto el frío. = I can’t stand cold (as a condition).
Saying just No soporto frío would sound incomplete or unnatural here.
Gender:
- frío as a noun (the cold) is masculine → el frío.
- frío as an adjective (cold) must agree with the noun:
- el clima frío – the cold weather
- la bebida fría – the cold drink
Why not la fría?
fría is the feminine adjective form of cold, but here we are not describing a feminine noun; we are naming “the cold” as a thing, so we need the noun el frío, not an adjective.
In No soporto el frío en la montaña, frío is a noun.
You can tell because it has an article:
- el frío = the cold (as a thing, a condition)
As an adjective, frío/fría would describe something:
- el agua fría – the cold water
- una noche fría – a cold night
So:
- No soporto el frío. (noun)
- No soporto las noches frías. (adjective)
Both en la montaña and en las montañas are possible; the difference is subtle and often depends on style or region.
en la montaña
- Literally: in the mountain
- Often means in a mountainous area / in the mountains in a general way.
- Common in everyday speech: when I go up to the mountains.
en las montañas
- Literally: in the mountains (plural)
- Emphasizes the idea of several mountains or a mountain region.
In many contexts, a Latin American speaker might use en la montaña as a generic reference to being up in the mountains, not focusing on number. So the original sentence is perfectly natural.
Yes, you can say:
- No soporto el frío en la montaña.
- No soporto el frío de la montaña.
Both are correct, but:
- en la montaña = the cold *when I am in the mountains* (location focus).
- de la montaña = the cold *of the mountain(s), the kind of cold that belongs to that place* (origin/quality focus).
de la montaña sounds a bit more descriptive or literary: “the mountain cold.”
en la montaña is more neutral, everyday speech: “when I’m up in the mountains, the cold there.”
The natural word order in Spanish is:
- No soporto el frío en la montaña.
Putting en la montaña before el frío:
- No soporto en la montaña el frío.
is technically possible, but it sounds unusual or marked. It might be used only in special emphasis or poetic style. In normal conversation, speakers keep:
No soporto + [direct object] + [place expression]
No soporto el frío en la montaña.
Yes, several very common alternatives:
No aguanto el frío en la montaña.
- aguantar is very common and often feels more informal.
- Roughly = I can’t stand / I can’t take the cold…
No tolero el frío en la montaña.
- tolerar = “to tolerate” (a bit more formal/neutral).
Odio el frío en la montaña.
- Stronger: I hate the cold in the mountains.
Softer versions:
- No me gusta el frío en la montaña. – I don’t like the cold…
- No me llevo bien con el frío en la montaña. (colloquial, figurative: I don’t get along with the cold in the mountains.)
All are acceptable; no soporto / no aguanto are very natural in Latin American speech for “I can’t stand…”.
Syllable breakdown (Latin American Spanish):
- No – /no/
- so-por-to – /so-ˈpor-to/ (stress on -por-)
- el – /el/
- frí-o – /ˈfɾi.o/ (stress on frí-)
- en – /en/
- la – /la/
- mon-ta-ña – /mon-ˈta-ɲa/ (stress on -ta-; ñ = ny in canyon)
Stressed syllables: soPORto, FRÍo, monTAña.
In fluent speech, some words link together a bit:
- No soporto el frío en la montaña.
→ No soportoel fríoen la montaña. (no breaks, but same sounds)
No soporto el frío en la montaña. is perfectly natural in both Latin America and Spain.
- The vocabulary (soportar, frío, montaña) and structure are standard.
- There is no regional grammar or slang.
Regional differences might appear more in accent or in extra context, not in this sentence itself. A Spaniard might also say No aguanto el frío en la montaña, just like a Latin American speaker.