Don't even think about coming inside, I won't be home

Question

Don't even think about coming inside, I won't be home

• No des un pensamiento en entrar por dentro, no estaré
• No des un pensamiento sobre entrar por dentro, no estaré

Figurative (you can't get inside my head, no one is in there)

Can dar un pensamiento work? For even? and estaré for I won't be there?

Gracias.

My head. - Eddy, Oct 1, 2010

Didn't you know Jeezle is a pirate, Eddy? :-) - Gekkosan, Oct 1, 2010

Loll@Gekko now, how would you know? lol :) - FELIZ77, Oct 1, 2010

Aye, matey, me thinks that "ni" works nicely for "Don't even..." - alba3, Oct 1, 2010

I meant des, typo. - jeezzle, Oct 1, 2010

Just look at him! :-) - Gekkosan, Oct 1, 2010

Answer 1

Ni se te ocurra venir, no voy a estar en casa.

An idiomatic one! - cogumela, Oct 1, 2010

venir can not be use, venir implies you are at home when you speak - matujd, Oct 1, 2010

Not necessarily, Matujd. The speaker may be saying that in a moment when he/she is still there, at home, but won't be there later. - Gekkosan, Oct 1, 2010

I know, Im spanish :) - matujd, Oct 1, 2010

I think "venir" works just fine in that context, although it doesn't have the exact same meaning. - bill1111, Oct 1, 2010

Answer 2

No des un pensamiento en entrar por dentro, no estaré....

..is terribly wrong

Dar un pensamiento sounds awful, and entrar por dentro, too.

if you want to be the height of the metaphorical, then it would be something like:

Después no se te ocurra venir, que no estaré

Answer 3

cogumela is right, but I would translate that as:

Ni se te ocurra entrar. *No voy a estar en casa.*

This is what I would say as well: Ni se te ocurra entrar. No voy a estar en casa. - amy_moreno, Oct 1, 2010

Answer 4

Cogumela is right. I'd phrase it slightly differently, though:

Ni se te ocurra venir; no estaré en casa.

Answer 5

The correct use will be: No pienses en entrar, no estaré en casa but It's better : No se te ocurra entrar, no estaré en casa (or no voy a estar en casa)

dar un pensamiento is not correct --> No se te ocurra (is used) I wont be there --> correct, no estaré

Answer 6

I think I understand what's going on. I believe Jeezle is getting frustrated, and it seems to me that the contributors to this thread have just gotten more and more puzzled trying to figure out what's missing. This way clearly we're not getting anywhere. So let me see if I'm on the right track, here.

There's an expression in English for when someone has gone completely out of his / her mind: "There's nobody home" Usually accompanied by a knock on the head. Right?

I think this is what Jeezle is talking about. This person is saying: "I won't be home" meaning: I will be mad, or I will be brain dead - whatever. This will be an empty body.

A very strange thing to say, of course, and a weird concept - but humans are like that sometimes - and this is probably another one of those "Twin Peaks" things - as weird as mainstream TV gets.

So, can we translate the sentence into Spanish? Yes: "Ni te molestes en acercarte, no habrá nadie en casa" Don't bother to come and talk to me, don't try to get into my head, don't try to connect with me: my mind, my sould, will be gone from this body.

Picture me saying this, while I point at my head: "Cuando vengas, no estaré aquí". "No habrá nadie aquí. Sólo habrá un cuerpo vacío"

Is that what you want Jeezle?

Does it make sense to everyone else?

I hope so. I think I am going out of my mind, now.

jeje, claro, eso es, no dije que en ingles no tiene sentido, yo lo he entendido desde el primer momento, pero la frase en español que segun él todo el mundo ha entendido perfectamente, es directamente chino! - 00494d19, Oct 1, 2010

so, am I right or am I right that a normal person, unless you are a psychic like those mexicans would not understand: No des un pensamiento en entrar por dentro, no estaré. I mean.....geeeeez - 00494d19, Oct 1, 2010

I think that makes good sense. I have just the one question: can you use "en casa" when talking about your head in the same way as you would for "home" in English? LIke in "Ni te molestes en acercarte, no habrá nadie en casa" en casa is figurative? Gracia - jeezzle, Oct 1, 2010

Probably in the right context, and with the right body language, it can be understood. It IS weird, though. :-) - Gekkosan, Oct 1, 2010

Answer 7

La gallina: an expression, probably only used in Spain, is used when somebody is saying something like a riddle and the answer is so absolutely unclear that ...whatever, the answer might just as well be : la gallina.

That is, the sentence you are saying is complete nonsense.

Actually, I have been searching this expression, quite common in Spain, and can't find it anywhere, funny, jeje

Anyway, the actual "knock , knock, anybody there?" (knocking on somebody's head like Americans do) simply makes no sense in Spanish and is not done.

Good stuff. I will write down "la gallina" as "something like a riddle / completely unclear" I wonder if that is used outside of Spain. Thanks for all your help Heidita. I appreciate your answers. - jeezzle, Oct 1, 2010

:) - 00494d19, Oct 2, 2010

Answer 8

The sentence you have said made, makes and will never make any sense in Spanish at all, unless you are referring to "I am not at home, so don't come", nothing to do with your head or something. That is a fact, and you have had 5 answers by native Spanish speakers who had no idea what you are talking about.

So I guess the guys you are working with, are psychic .

By the way, I have just said your sentence to a friend of mine and he has said: la gallina, of course, he is not psychic, shame really

So how can I express the idea of what I want to in Spanish then? They all gave me answers of what it would be if it said "at home" but not what it mean in Spanish if it was really "in my own head" etc.... - jeezzle, Oct 1, 2010

What does "la gallina" mean there? I interpret it as something bad about my own person which would involve bad manners, I'm not sure if that was the intention. - jeezzle, Oct 1, 2010

Answer 9

No des un pensamiento en entrar por dentro, no estaré......... do you guys think it is completely wrong?

yes, completely wrong, makes no sense at all. And nobody understands what you are talking about, jeezle, me included of course, the above answers are for a person who is not at home.

And for that matter, let's face it, Gekko is completely bilingual, and this sentence in English makes no sense either, unless you are talking about a real situation.

Don't even think about coming inside, I won't be home

Answer 10

Picture me saying this, while I point at my head: "Cuando vengas, no estaré aquí". "No habrá nadie aquí. Sólo habrá un cuerpo vacío"

Probably in the right context, and with the right body language, it can be understood. It IS weird, though. - Gekkosan

This is possible, Gekko, but only possible. When you point to your head here in Spain at least, the direct thought goes to : this guy is calling me crazy.

I think it may be understood in Mexico, border region, where so much spanglis is used that no other Spanish speaking person would understand all that crap.

gekko, lo de "la gallina"..eso lo entenderías= jeje, en españa incluso es raro. a lo mejor solo se oye en madrid - 00494d19, Oct 2, 2010

Answer 11

I figured it made sense in the context I was using it but none of these answers seem to take that context into account, I might not have been clear enough about it.

Answer 12

Wow so I would use "en casa" even though I am talking figuratively about no one being "home" in my own head?

FYI the guys at work think my translation is fine: No des un pensamiento en entrar por dentro, no estaré......... do you guys think it is completely wrong? Gracias.

Edit: so "no se te occura" is like "no pienses en........" but "no dar ni un pensamiento........" is right out? I was thinking it was having a nice ring thing to it....... Gracias.