estare contigo cuando triste estar

Question

estare contigo cuando triste estar

How do I pronounce these Spanish words in Spanish and what do they say in English?

Answer 1

Lazarus has a nice thread about pronunciation. http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100209/spanish-alphabet-how-do-letters-sound

As for what these words mean, do you mean individually or as a whole sentence? If you mean it as a whole sentence then you should use punctuation and capitalization.

Though I'm not sure what this sentence could mean. First person singular future tense of Estar "Estaré", "contigo" means "with you" (I'm being lazy right now so I'm just telling you what it means), adverb "cuando," adjective "triste," infinitive "estar."

I think estar has to be estás or está, estar doesn't make sense to me if this is a sentence.

Answer 2

"I'll be there, before the next teardrop falls" I love this song! You did know it was a song lyric, right? Freddy Fender recorded the song in 1975. It was a beautiful amalgam of English and Spanish lyrics. The idea of the song was that Freddy's old squeeze had found herself a new novio. While Freddy was willing to respect her decision he made it well known (in two languages no less!) that if things didn't work out he'd be back before she could cry a second tear for this petardo. Song lyrics, like poetry, never translate perfectly from one language to another without losing some meaning. Estare contigo cuando triste estar is more or less a reiteration of the song's title, or literally I'll be there with you when the sadness starts.

Dan

• Why is estar in the infinitive then? - Fredbong Sep 18, 2009