Que significa: Por dónde sales

Question

I registered on http://www.amigosfree.com to meet people in Mexico prior to my trip and there is a profile prompt: "Por dónde sales". This is obviously an idiom and my guess is that it means: "what do you need to put salt on to make it bearable" or rather what makes you grind your teeth?

Am I correct?

Answer 1

HI salsero, please unaccept the answer, it is incorrect. I will have to delete it otherwise.

Por dónde sales = Where are you from?

Very unusual in Spain, but possible, colloquial.

Don't you think it sounds like 'where are you headed to...? Just my thoughts? - margaretbl, Jun 26, 2010

So, my answer must be wrong as well??? - Pajaro44, Jun 26, 2010

Answer 2

Tremendously funny! I got a good chuckle over this. Love the confusion over salar and salir. I'm sure you were strangely puzzled by a forum desiring information about your salting habits.

Watch out for sentir (to feel) and sentar (to sit) because they also have a few overlapping conjugations (first person present for both is siento).

Excellent lesson for everyone on using context to choose the correct meaning when more than one is possible.

Just shows how context is so important. The more I learn Spanish the more I realize how my native languages are riddled with them. - salsero69, Jun 26, 2010

RTHank you Web You have made some Excellent points here - FELIZ77, Jun 26, 2010

Answer 3

It means "Where do you go?" They're asking your travel destination.

Really? I looked up Sales and it's the verb Salar: to salt. - salsero69, Jun 26, 2010

And it's also the verb Salir. Thanks for the answer. - salsero69, Jun 26, 2010

Answer 4

"Por dónde sales".

Por = for, by way of, through (in the above context)

dónde = where

sales = 2nd person singular (tú form) of the verb "salir" = to leave, to go out

So, the literal translation is: "For where are you leaving?"

or, "Where are you going?"

I got the "Por Donde". I thought it was "Where do you put salt?". Really need to learn more verbs. - salsero69, Jun 26, 2010

Or rather: "where do you salt?" - salsero69, Jun 26, 2010

sorry , not correct - 00494d19, Jun 26, 2010