No vamos ni a remendar ni a zurcir el descosido.

Vamos a + infinitive is the near future or going to construction in Spanish.

So no vamos ... remendar / zurcir means something like we are not going to mend / darn...

Why use this instead of iremos a or a simple future form?

• Ir a + infinitive is extremely common in everyday Spanish.
• It often sounds more immediate, practical, or conversational.
• The simple future can sound a bit more formal, more distant, or can sometimes suggest probability rather than a straightforward plan.

So in normal speech, no vamos a... is often the most natural choice.

Yes, Spanish often uses what looks like a double negative from an English point of view, but it is completely normal.

Here:

• No vamos... = we are not going...
• ni a remendar ni a zurcir = neither to mend nor to darn

So the full structure is:

• No + verb + ni + item + ni + item

This is standard Spanish and does not sound wrong or redundant.

Compare:

• No quiero café ni té. = I don’t want coffee or tea.
• No vamos ni a remendar ni a zurcir el descosido.

In English, we usually avoid stacking negatives in standard grammar, but Spanish does this naturally.

Because the verb phrase is ir a + infinitive.

The basic structure is:

• vamos a remendar
• vamos a zurcir

When two infinitives are joined with ni...ni, the a is often repeated before each infinitive:

• ni a remendar ni a zurcir

That repetition makes the structure clear and balanced.

You may sometimes see less repetition in other contexts, but here repeating a sounds very natural and tidy.

You may come across similar reductions, but No vamos ni a remendar ni a zurcir el descosido or No vamos a remendar ni a zurcir el descosido is clearer and more natural.

Repeating the preposition before the second infinitive is very common in Spanish, especially when you want a balanced neither...nor structure.

So for a learner, the safest pattern is:

• No vamos a X ni a Y
• or, as here, No vamos ni a X ni a Y

They are similar, but not exactly identical.

• remendar = to mend, to patch, to repair in a general sense
• zurcir = to darn, especially by sewing up a tear or worn area in fabric

So:

• remendar is broader
• zurcir is more specific to sewing/thread/fabric repair

In this sentence, using both gives emphasis and a slightly stylistic effect, almost like saying:

• we’re not going to fix it in any sewing-related way at all

It can sound a bit more expressive than using only one verb.

Here descosido refers to something like:

• an unstitched part
• a split seam
• a part that has come undone
• a tear where the stitching has opened

It comes from descoser, which means to unstitch or to unsew.

So el descosido is not just any random hole: it often suggests that a seam or stitched area has come apart.

That is why zurcir fits well with it.

Yes. Descosido is originally a participle/adjective, meaning unstitched or come undone.

But Spanish often uses el + adjective/participle as a noun.

So:

• descosido = unstitched / undone
• el descosido = the unstitched bit, the tear, the split seam

This is very common in Spanish. Similar patterns are:

• el roto = the tear / the ripped part
• lo importante = what is important
• el herido = the injured person

So here el descosido is a noun phrase.

Because that is the most neutral and natural place for it here.

The structure is:

• No vamos ni a remendar ni a zurcir
  • el descosido

Putting the object at the end keeps the sentence easy to process, especially because the two coordinated infinitives come first.

You could move things around for emphasis, but the original order is the most straightforward.

For example, a more marked version might be:

• El descosido no lo vamos ni a remendar ni a zurcir.

That sounds more emphatic, as if contrasting that tear with something else.

Yes, it could, but the structure would change slightly.

For example:

• Ni vamos a remendar ni a zurcir el descosido.

That is possible, and when ni starts the clause, the separate no is normally not used.

So:

• No vamos ni a remendar ni a zurcir...
• Ni vamos a remendar ni a zurcir...

Both are possible, but the first one may feel a bit more straightforward to many learners because the main negation is clearly marked with no.

It is grammatical and understandable, but it sounds a bit stylized, literary, or at least more specific than everyday speech.

Why?

• It uses two very similar sewing verbs together: remendar and zurcir
• el descosido is fairly specific
• The whole sentence has a slightly rhetorical tone

In very everyday Spanish, someone might say something simpler like:

• No vamos a arreglar el roto.
• No vamos a coser eso.
• No vamos a reparar esa costura.

So the original sentence is fine, but it has a slightly more crafted feel than casual speech.

Yes. Using both gives a sense of emphasis, thoroughness, or even rhetoric.

Instead of simply saying:

• No vamos a remendar el descosido

the speaker says:

• No vamos ni a remendar ni a zurcir el descosido

This can suggest:

• we are absolutely not going to fix it
• not in any of the obvious sewing ways
• a stronger refusal or rejection

So the doubling is not just informational; it also adds style and force.

In standard Peninsular Spanish, it would be roughly:

• des-co-SI-do

Stress falls on si.

A broad guide for pronunciation:

• des as in dess without a strong English diphthong
• co as a short ko
• si with a clear s sound
• do as a short do

The important thing for a learner is the stress:

• descoSIdo

And the infinitives:

• remenDAR
• zurCIR

A useful breakdown is:

• No = not
• vamos = we go / we are going
• ni a remendar ni a zurcir = neither to mend nor to darn
• el descosido = the split seam / the unstitched part

So grammatically it is:

• negative marker
• verb
• coordinated infinitive phrases
• direct object

That makes it a good example of:

• negation with no
• pairing with ni...ni
• ir a + infinitive
• a participle used as a noun (el descosido)