What does "Tu es morido para mi" mean?

Question

my cousin, who speaks Spanish only, texted me this message, "Tu es morido para mi". I am a married woman, and i believe "morido" says something about my husband. thank you.

I think maybe it should say: Tú eres muerto para mi. You think? - n8er8er, Jan 21, 2011

If his native language is Spanish, what country is he from? - lagartijaverde, Jan 21, 2011

muerta,mí - lorenzo9, Jan 21, 2011

Answer 1

I think about two possibilities:

1. Estás muerta para mí. You're dead to me.

2. Tu ex-marido, para mí. Your ex-husband is for me (mine).

¿? What doy you think?

Either way, these are not things that a native Spanish speaker would ever write or say. Not like that. - Gekkosan, Jan 21, 2011

But two good ideas, I guess we'll never know! - margaretbl, Jan 21, 2011

Answer 2

Evidentemente, tu primo (o prima) no sabe hablar ni escribir correctamente el español, aunque éste sea su único idioma.

Answer 3

Let me take another guess. "Marido" is husband.

Could this text mean "you are husband to me"?

Answer 4

I'd stay well clear of anyone who sent me text messages like that if I didn't already know them very well, and understood what that was all about.

Answer 5

Quien construyó la frase no lo hizo bien.

Podemos suponer que no sabe castellano correctamente y puso "morido" queriendo decir "muerto".

Habría conjugado el verbo morir de forma errónea,así:

Yo estoy morido.

Tu estás morido...

En este caso habria querido decir: "Tú estás muerta para mí" o lo que es lo mismo: "desde este momento,no existes para mí"(=This is the end of our friendship)

Answer 6

Well, as someone said above, it is definetly a badly-conjugated word

The right sentence would be the following :

Tú estás muerta para mí / You're dead to me.

I hope I helped.

Answer 7

That statement reeks of lunacy.

Answer 8

my cousin, who speaks Spanish only

That's what bothers me. doesn't that suggest the person is a native speaker? Still, no worries...Next!!

true, but sometimes native speakers write their own language more poorly than foreigners. Certainly the natives speak it better, but when it comes to writing, either they are careless, or had a poor educational background. - stolidwolf, Jan 21, 2011

This is not about correct writing. "Tu es morido para mi" is not something that even an illiterate person would *say*. Even assuming that the person means "ex-marido" (ex-husband), the phrase makes no sense. - Gekkosan, Jan 21, 2011

Answer 9

Fmelvin, we usually encourage members to use the translator on this site, but this phrase has some words and structure that are not clear (to me at least).

Taken literally, by my guess, it means "you are dead to me". But it could mean something else if considered in context.

Please wait on a more experienced member to respond. I'm not sure about this one.

Welcome to the forum!

Yes, "morido" is the problem.Maybe it's some sort of slang otherwise I'd be looking for "muerto - lagartijaverde, Jan 21, 2011

You are probably correct. I wish I had not responded to this one. - 0066c384, Jan 21, 2011

Worth a shot. Lorenzo is right of course she's female so "muerta" - lagartijaverde, Jan 21, 2011

Almost every word is grammatically incorrect. Either this person's language skills are poor or they are making fun of someone. - lorenzo9, Jan 21, 2011

Text messages are the bane of civilized language. :) - 0066c384, Jan 21, 2011