Todo me daria igual

Question

Someone posted on Facebook: Si me enojo ; es porque me importas ; sino todo me daria igual.

I know da igual = nevermind, it doesn't matter. So I read that as "If I get mad, it's because I care about you, but everything would be the same to me". That seems wrong. What could Todo me daria igual mean then? Gracias.

Answer 1

otherwise, everything would be the same...

(otherwise, I would give a d*** about anything related to your life)

I don't get it. - jeezzle, Aug 27, 2010

Probably more like "I wouldn't give a d***" = wouldn't care. - KevinB, Aug 27, 2010

The si no was confusing me, I thought it was sino, not si no. Gracias. - jeezzle, Aug 27, 2010

it´s sino, all together in this case. - mediterrunio, Aug 27, 2010

Answer 2

Mediterrunio is right. The reason you're not getting it, Jeezle, is because you are misinterpreting "si no, todo". You understood it as: "but everything would be". However, the correct translation is: "otherwise, everything ..."

So the correct translation for the whole thing is:

"If I get angry it's because I care about you, otherwise, it would all be the same to me."

So sino can mean otherwise just like "en cambio"? Gracias. - jeezzle, Aug 27, 2010

OH it's si no, not sino. I get it. Si no, if not then..... gotcha. Originally it was like sii mea enojoooo, etc... - jeezzle, Aug 27, 2010

sino vs. si no seems like it makes a big difference in the meaning. - KevinB, Aug 27, 2010

Answer 3

Dar igual .... To be the same. If you ask if someone prefers beer or wine, and they say, "a mi me da igual," they are saying "it makes no difference to me, it´s the same - one or the other."