Help translate "I'm glad to have spent it doing right"

Question

This line came up in a song which I am trying to translate. The line before is "And if with this my time finite" so when it says "to have spent" it's talking about time.

I'm pretty sure "I'm glad" would be "Estoy contento"

Then would you say something like "lo haber pagado"

As for doing right, my guess it "Hacer justo"

Is it correct to translate this line as:

"(Y si con esto mi tiempo finite) Estoy contento lo haber pagado hacer justo" ?

muchas gracias

or maybe "haciendo justo"? - Perry-Bleiberg, Nov 7, 2010

Answer 1

If you're talking about spending time, I think pasar is better than pagar, but I admit I am no native Spanish speaker.

Estoy contento would be that I am satisfied; I think you need a stronger word for glad, maybe alegre or feliz.

So, referring to my finite time that I have in this life, "I'm glad to have spent it doing right" would be something like "Estoy alegre que lo he pasado hacer justo" or "... haciendo justo." I need a native hispanohablante to tell me whether it would be better to use the infinitive or the gerund. And do you need something between pasado and the next verb?

Answer 2

Hello Perry and Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

I am not a native speaker but I think it would be translated along the lines of:

:''Me alegro de haberlo pasado haciendo el bien''

= "I'm glad to have spent it doing right"

If it had been the full sentence, I would have said it should be:

''Me alegro de haber pasado el tiempo haciendo el bien''**

(lo= el tiempo = time)

I hope this helps

Corregid mi español, por favor

Answer 3

I found out the above comment is perfect with one minor error...

haciendo el bien ...

Answer 4

I'm not a native, but I'm advanced enough ... I would say it this way:

Me alegro de que haberlo pasado hacer justo.

I don't think "estoy alegre" would be correct in this case.

Steve