So what? Deal with it!

Question

I'm thinking ....... ¿Y qué? trata con eso, or trátalo? I'm not sure how to say "deal with it". Gracias.

Answer 1

By the way, jeezle, why don't you enter all those colloquial phrases in the phrasebook?

This one is good, and all those you have been posting lately, as you have the correct translation, there should be no mistake to that.

Please make a short search first, just in case the phrase is already in.

I thought the phrasebook was getting close to the full 5000 entries? Can we add more to it? Gracias. - jeezzle, Sep 3, 2010

Answer 2

I like Heidita's suggestion. Other ones could be:

¿Y qué? ¡Aguántate! (suffer it in silence and do not complain)

¿Y qué? ¡Apáñatelas! (used when the other moans about not being able to do sth.)

¿Y qué? ¡Búscate la vida! (idem)

¿Y qué? ¡Arréglatelas como puedas! (ibidem)

Answer 3

¿Y qué? Apechuga con ello!

Answer 4

¿Y (qué)? ¡afróntalo!

Would that be a proper translation?

It is quite literal, and it certainly conveys the original meaning. The only "drawback" is that "Deal with it!" is a very common expression that you hear all the time, and "afróntalo" isn't. - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

Isn't it? Well, I guess it depends then on the region... Thank you :D - LoaEtayo, Sep 3, 2010

Maybe you're right, but in USA it is not surprising if you hear "Deal with it" quite often, and if you watch TV, it is almost unavoidable. Do you think that "¡Afróntalo!" is used in Spain so often that you are likely to hear it all the time, everywhere? - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

Just in England, where I live now, I've heard this expression no less than twice or three times this week (that includes TV). How many times have you heard "Afróntalo" this week? - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

Don't take it bad, but "Deal with it!" is a sentence you hear as often as "¡Venga ya!" (they are not related), if not more. Maybe where you live "Afróntalo" is something you hear several times a day from all directions, but what about everywhere else? - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

Again, your translation is accurate, but while "Deal with it!" is used all the times in every English speaking country, I can't say the same about your suggestion. In Sevilla, for example, people will find it unusual, to put it mildly. - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

Another example is "Not at all!", which is what I was taught as a student to say after "Thank you!". It is an accurate translation. It is polite and appropriate. The problem is that most people find it unusual, and they look at you shocked and amused. - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

You can always argue that "Not at all!" is proper English and that people in your region uses it, but would you recommend it to all foreigners, even if their destination is not your region? - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

Just FYI I say 'not at all" at least 100 times a day. I never say thank you, always not at all. Of course I am in the restaurant business so courtesy is my main concern. Is that a problem? Not at all. Thank you! Not at all. - jeezzle, Sep 3, 2010

Not at all, hehe! In the end, everything is down to using the language in the right context. "Not at all!" is a fine expression, but you probably will find it useful (as a foreigner) only if your job is about dealing politely with customers. - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010

Nevertheless, in all other contexts, you don't use it that much. You'll be using "You're welcome" or something else, so if you have to teach jus one option, unless you know the student is going to work in that area, you go for the most common one, right? - lazarus1907, Sep 3, 2010