What does sale mean?
I put in the word sale in translator and it didn't translate anything. What does it mean? In the sentence it is: Pero eso no me sale muy bien.
5 Answers
But it doesn´t come out right.
sale is present tense for 3rd person singular of salir
Pero eso no me sale muy bien
"But that does'nt come out right"
It is third person congugation of the verb salir that is why you can't find it in the dictionary so remember in future if you cant find a word just consider it might be a verb congugation and look up verbs that bear a resemblance to the word that you are looking for, anyway salir means to go out or leave so I think that in your sentence it is an idiomatic expression meaning; That doesn't suit me, or words to that effect.
Another idiomatic expression that uses this word is, "OK?"
IE: "I'll see you tomorrow, then. OK?" "Entonces, nos vemos mañana. ¿Sale?"
Response: "Sale, vale." "OK" ("Vale," meaning "worth" or "value" is only included because it rhymes). These are very popular expressions in Mexico.
"Sale" is from "salir" meaning to go out or to leave, so your sentence translates "but that doesn't go out of me well." The translation doesn't make sense. Actually this is an idiom, or a dicho. It means, "that doesn't sit well with me," or something similar.
"Eso no me cae bien" is another idiom that means about the same thing, but uses the verb "caer" meaning to fall. Literally, "that doesn't fall well to me". Sometimes you just have to accept that you can't translate word for word.
Hope this helps.
Calvo
