La vecina me echó una mano.

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Breakdown of La vecina me echó una mano.

• la vecina: the neighbor
• echar una mano: to lend a hand

Questions & Answers about La vecina me echó una mano.

What does la vecina mean exactly?

La vecina means the female neighbor or the woman next door / nearby.

• vecino = male neighbor
• vecina = female neighbor

So this sentence tells you the neighbor is a woman. If it were a man, you would say El vecino me echó una mano.

Why is there la before vecina?

La is the feminine singular definite article, meaning the.

It matches vecina, which is feminine singular:

• la vecina = the female neighbor
• el vecino = the male neighbor

Spanish usually uses articles more often than English, so la vecina sounds completely normal.

What does me mean here?

Me means to me.

In this sentence, it shows who received the help:

• La vecina me echó una mano = The neighbor gave me a hand / helped me

This is an indirect object pronoun. Other possible pronouns are:

• te = to you
• le = to him/her/you formal
• nos = to us
• os = to you all
• les = to them/you all formal

For example:

• La vecina te echó una mano = The neighbor helped you
• La vecina nos echó una mano = The neighbor helped us