!ni que fuera una princesa!
Que significa: ! ni que fuera una princesa! ?
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ni que... 1. locución adverbial coloqial. Como si. Usada ante subjuntivo para negar una suposición. Usada más en frases exclamativas. ¡Ni que fuera yo tonto!
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vaya unos humos que tiene, ¡ni que fuese un dios! he's so arrogant, he must think he's God!
¡pero tú qué te has creído!, ¡ni que yo fuese tonto! you must think I'm stupid or something!
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How about a looser translation: She treats us all as if she were better than us. It's not like she's a princess!
La frase entera va como asi: Nos trata a todos con aires de superioridad. !Ni que fuera una princesa!
That makes it easier. Ni que can mean "as if".
Nos trata a todos con aires de superioridad. !Ni que fuera una princesa = She treats us all with an air of superiority, as if she were a princess!
as if she were a princess
Close, but not quite the same. When you say "Ni que..." you are deliverately implying that it is not so at all!
The use of the subjunctive here in English is not, simply, to avoid making a declaration. It strongly implies that that is not the case. Hence, the traditional terminology, "condition contrary-to-fact".
In England we would say :- "Anyone would think she was a princess" Example : "She always puts on many 'airs and graces'. Anyone would think she was a princess"
"Siempre ella se pone tanta afectación. ¡Ni que fuera una princesa!"
This sentence seems as if it were a continuation of a conversation. The best I can do as a non-native:
¡ni que fuera una princesa! = "She was not a princess either!" or "Nor was she a princess!" (Possible hidden meaning: She wasn't what I was expecting)
With the additional phrase it would be more like: She tries to to put on airs of superiority with others...it's not like she's a princess!
La frase entera va como asi: Nos trata a todos con aires de superioridad. !Ni que fuera una princesa!
Welcome to the forum. It's hard to say exactly what that means without seeing more context. As a first guess I'd say, "Nor that she was a princess!".
