I don't feel right about that = Derecho.
Would it be correct to assume that I could say "No siento derecho sobre eso." I'm under the impression that "derecha" is right as in left or right and "derecho" is right as in right, privelige, or feeling. Am I correct guys?
Edit: Am I correct in assuming that the above sentence is correct? (I already know the difference between derecha and derecho).
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No me siento bien con eso No me siento bien haciendo eso No me siento bien por eso
sobre is not used in this case... like you would use about....
another way is to say No me siento cómodo when you don't feel comfortable with something or somebody...
Well, that sentence could also be translated as: No me siento con derecho a....
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Example: I don't feel right about borrowing so much money from him No me siento con derecho a pedirle prestado tanto dinero.
yes in this case is correct. Not for the reason they don't like to expend money but because the are supposed to have less value than a regular female. It could be a very bad insult to a person specially a girl, lol Some people in USA may use barato incorrectly since they make literal translation from English, specially people who was born in USA from Hispanic parents... and they are lack of formal Spanish education.
I don't want to confuse you. What juluque told you is ok. Take my example as an idiomatic expression ![]()
No me siento con derecho a opinar sobre medicina porque nunca estudié para medico.
No me siento con derecho a juzgar porque nunca estuve en una situación similar. I don't have the right to judge because I have never been a similar situation.
yeah you can say, I don't feel with the right to use my friend cell phone but it has a different connotation.
Yo no me siento con el derecho a usar el movil de mi amigo....
derecho is right as direction, and privilege but not as a feeling.
for feeling you can use: bien
No me siento bien...
Fyi in case any one is following this thread. I have checked with several sources (all Mexican) and confirmed that all this information is correct with the exception of Mezquino,a which is not a known word to my mexican friends, my fluent mom, my very well educated Mexican bank teller, and my Mexican grocery store clerk lady that always chats me up in Spanish. They say barato,a for cheap object....tacaño,a for cheap person. Although my banker says tacaño is slang.
Edit: not that mezquino,a isn't a proper word just not used in my jurisdiction.
Just to add to the confusion, "El Derecho" also means the "study of law," which is where the expression "Tener el derecho de hacer...." originates.
What about women? I hear chicas baratas all the time to mean loose women. Isn't that the right way to say it when talking about ladies of the night etc....? I had a table today and I told the busboy "Esas viejas baratas me piden la mesa por la ventana" and he said "Si, ***** (bad word)" so I know he understood me.
Edit: The dictionary here lists mezquino as "mean". My friend is super nice and religous but very cheap. Is mezquino the right word?
barato is only used for things, object not for persons. Persons are Mezquinas
No me gusta usar el móvil barato de mi amigo, no me siento bien por eso. if the mobil is cheap
if your friend is the cheap one, then... you need to use the word mezquino. meaning cheap person. No me gusta usar el móvil de mi amigo mezquino, no me siento bien por eso
No me gusta usar el móvil de mi amigo barato. No me siento bien sobre eso.
Of course "No siento bien" was the second part of an incomplete thought.
I'm trying to become conversationally fluent as quickly as possible so I try to avoid idioms like "It doesn't sit well with me." because that is the ten year route to learning Spanish. I will take your post as evidence that derecho cannot be used as to mean "right" as in "OK".
How about this then: "No siento bien sobre eso."
Edit: I thought sentirse was a feeling that you actually feel like "No me siento bien" I don't feel good, while sentir (no se) was feeling something that you don't actually feel like a tabletop or a "feeling" of something bad....like "No siento bien sobre eso." or "No siento bien por eso" (could por be used?)