translation of the word "me"

Question

The following phrase is in a discourse I view on LoMás Tv. que por fricción 'me' va a quitar todo e' ... todo el "cisco". This is translated "which is going to take off all th' ... all the "cisco" by friction." My question concerns the word "me", which would seem to be saying "By friction, I am going to remove the "cisco". I would appreciate any clarification someone might be able to give on translating this phrase.

Thank you, Jim

Answer 1

In this way the word 'me' is used as in 'myself.' "Me va a quitar todo" means "it's going to take it all off of 'me'" hopefully that helps? I'm not sure if I made it clearer : P

Answer 2

'me' va a quitar todo e' ... todo el "cisco". This is translated "which is going to take off all th' ... all the "cisco" by friction." My question concerns the word "me", which would seem to be saying "By friction, I am going to remove the "cisco".

"I am going to take off ..." would be "Me voy a quitar ...". The use of the 3rd pers. sing. verb simply refers to an unspecified subject (someone is going to remove). The "me" is what is called the "dative of interest", which is to say, I am affected by the action (for better or worse).

A similar effect can be achieved in colloquial English with the phrase "on me" e.g. "Don't flake/punk/whimp out on me!"