"I'm not supposed..."

Question

Cómo diría, esto en este contexto:

"I'm really mad because I wasn't supposed to work today and here I am!"

"Me estoy encabronada porque no se supone que trabaje hoy, ¡pero aca estoy!" ¿O hay algo mejor?

O: "I'm not supposed to give results because the doctor has to read this test."

(I know I can use "No soy permitida dar resultados" here, but is suponer used in that context as well in Spanish or no? Thanks.

acá - 0074b507, Sep 26, 2010

Someone is the accent police.... - Ashlita, Sep 26, 2010

Answer 1

Encabronada is a very strong word in spanish and it is not good spanish. You can use enojada o molesta instead. Estoy enojada porque no se supone que trabaje hoy... No estoy permitida a dar resultados...Tambien: No se supone que yo de resultados...

I thought encabronarse is more like "Get pissed off." Is it stronger than how we would use it casually in english? - Ashlita, Sep 26, 2010

Yes it is. - Av41500803, Sep 26, 2010

Answer 2

I think "No soy permitida dar resultados" is wrong. The right thing would be "No se me permite dar (los) resultados" or "no tengo permitido dar (los) resultados".

You could also say "Se supone que no debo dar (los) resultados", but I think it wouldn't have the same meaning of prohibition that it has in English.

I think "Me estoy encabronada" would be also wrong: you could either say "me estoy encabronando" (I'm getting mad) or "estoy encabronada" (I'm really mad).

Hmm or maybe no me permiten a dar resultados....like they don't let me. O no se permite que de resultados, like it's not permitted. O how differently things must be phrased! haha - Ashlita, Sep 26, 2010

Answer 3

Coincidentally, I just had a very similar question: how do you translate "supposed to" in Spanish?

I was supposed to go to the store.

We are supposed to be speaking in Spanish rather than English. Etc.