¿Qué cuentas?
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What does "qué cuentas?" translate to? "cuentas is usually the 3rd person form of "contar" which means "count". But in the contest I saw it in (as a greeting), "count" would not seem to make sense. Gracias!
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updated Apr 22, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by t8805jg
but "cuentas" means "to count" or "to tell" (or account etc. as an noun), so how does that translate into "what's up". (That DOES work though, in the context this phrase was located) - t8805jg, Apr 22, 2010
OOPS! replace "what's up" w/ "what's new" in that last post... - t8805jg, Apr 22, 2010
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It means "What`s new?" It comes from "¿Qué cuentas de nuevo?"
updated Apr 22, 2010
posted by --Mariana--
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Cuentas is not third person it is second person and as ¿qué cuentas? had a question mark following it it must have had one upside down proceeding it and the phrase could mean what are you going to report or words to that affect !cuentanos¡ tell us the whole story.
updated Apr 22, 2010
posted by kenwilliams
Yes I agree with Marianne. - kenwilliams, Apr 22, 2010
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It means "what's up".
updated Apr 22, 2010
posted by yera
