When you have had enough
Living with neighbours brings noise, fees and rubbish on the landing. Spanish has a ready phrase for every stage: losing patience, being stressed, and giving in.
| stage | say |
|---|---|
| you have had enough | ¡Ya está bien! / ¡Basta ya! |
| it makes you angry | me da rabia |
| it disgusts you | me da asco |
| you refuse | no me da la gana |
| you are swamped | estoy liado / me agobio |
| there is no time | no me da tiempo |
| you give in | no hay más remedio / ¡qué le vamos a hacer! |
Enough!
Both exclamations can stand alone, and both can take de + the problem:
| That's enough noise! It's three in the morning. | ¡Ya está bien de ruido! Son las tres de la mañana. |
| Enough complaints already! | ¡Basta ya de quejas! |
Dar + a feeling
These work like dar miedo and dar pena: the thing that causes the feeling is the subject, and the person who feels it is me, te, le, nos, os, les. A que clause after them takes the subjunctive.
| It makes me angry that the neighbour never pays the fee. | Me da rabia que el vecino nunca pague la cuota. |
No me da la gana is a blunt I don't feel like it, so it can sound rude.
| I'm not paying the special assessment because I don't feel like it. | No pago la derrama porque no me da la gana. |
Busy, stressed, out of time
Estar liado is to be swamped; liado agrees: liada, liados. No me da tiempo is the everyday way to say there is not enough time.
| Will you call me later? I'm tied up now. | ¿Me llamas luego? Ahora estoy liada. |
| Don't get stressed, we have time. | No te agobies, que tenemos tiempo. |
Giving in
| There's no other choice: we have to pay the special assessment. | No hay más remedio: tenemos que pagar la derrama. |
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