What is "Que me cuentas"?

Question

My Colombian friends keep using that phrase when I chat with them, but I can't find anything that translates it.

It doesn't translate well but my Colombian friends say it means... What's up???? - bobs1582, Jun 14, 2012

Answer 1

"What have you got to say for yourself" "Tell me what you have to say" "What's new baby"

...in order of formality. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to decide on the direction, less to more or more to less formal.

It's a very ordinary greeting. "Hola hombre. ¿Que me cuentas?"

Answer 2

In one style of modern-day slang, an English equivalent is:

What's up?

super, one for the phrase book? - margaretbl, Jun 4, 2010

Answer 3

Not what does it cost me. What are you telling me.

that's what I got too from the translator, but I don't understand how it could get that. - amykay, Jun 4, 2010

contar=to tell (like to narrate a story). It also means to count. - 0074b507, Jun 4, 2010

Got it! Irregular verb. Gracias! - amykay, Jun 4, 2010

Answer 4

Think of "cuentas" more like "account" in English. It can be about "cost" or "story." So "His account of what happened differed from the other person's story." Or "la cuenta (account of what it costs), por favor."

Mate this was answered adequately 3 years ago. - ray76, Jun 13, 2015

Answer 5

geofc has it about right ..

the literal interpretation would be "do you have any stories to tell me ?" or "do you have anything new to tell me?"

but the way it's interpreted as a greeting would be more like "what's new" or "what's going on with you, anything new ?"

Answer 6

Put ¨qué me cuentas¨ in the translator and see what you get

Answer 7

que me cuentas de canada ase frio

Answer 8

Perhaps very loosely translated, "What does it cost me?"

that would be que me cuesta. cuentas is (you) tell. - Lrtward, Jun 4, 2010

that little n and s make all the difference, gracias! :) - amykay, Jun 4, 2010