¿Qué ha dicho eso?

Question

What did that say?

Seems odd to say it that way to me, but I guess it's like...

¿Qué ha sido eso? = ¿Qué fue eso?

¿Qué ha dicho eso? = ¿Qué dijo eso?

Right?

Gracias.

and I don't know why people are so lazy to vote;) - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

Answer 1

Having read the various excellent answers, I have two theories:

You can say "¿Qué ha dicho eso?", if, and only if, you're asking about something that a machine said: Say you walk up to a talking ATM machine, and in the middle of the transaction it appears to you that the machine says through its speaker something like: "Oye chico, tus finanzas sí que son un desastre, ¿eh?". In disbelief you turn to your companion and say: "¡¿Qué ha dicho eso???"

Unfortunately, once again, you fail to provide the clear and full context of what you heard and when, so it is very difficult to make good educated guesses. I really wish you could change that habit, my friend.

In any event, you said that a Major said this, because she couldn't understand what someone said. With that bit to go on, I offer two guesses (based on that you most likely misheard what she said):

If she's speaking directly to the person who said the unintelligible thing, then she probably said: "¿Qué dijo usted?"

If she's speaking to someone else, asking what the stranger said, she probably asked: ¿Qué dijo ese? (What did that one said?).

eso pienso yo, que dijo "esE" - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

two guesses - pesta, Oct 19, 2011

Corrected, thank you Pesta. - Gekkosan, Oct 19, 2011

Hip, hip, hooray!! Another dang good post from Gekkosan! - territurtle, Oct 19, 2011

Gracias, lo de ese - eso es. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

Eso es que es ese. jaja. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

Answer 2

Jeezz,

maybe she said:

¿Que ha dicho eso?

(without the tilde)

Did he really say that?

Has he really said that?

With the tilde, the sentence makes no sense at all.

I will never cannot emphasize enough that these two sentences sound totally different:

¿Qué ha dicho eso? Qué is tonic here, and it means What

¿que ha dicho eso? que is aton, and it means, did he?

Bien explicado Cogu - Jeremias, Oct 19, 2011

Cogu, debes ser profesora de español ;-) - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

So ¿Qué ha dicho eso? = ¿Quien dijo eso? or ¿Que ha dicho eso? = ¿Quien dijo eso?. Why Que / Qué = Quien. (a pesar de ser atún o cualquiera). Gracias. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

Buen Inglés por cierto. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

jeezle, read PM please - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

HI jeezzle, the idea is to *correct* the natives not to *flatter* them;) - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

Cogu, "I *can not* emphasize enough....." sounds better - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

cannot (can not is wrong) - lorenzo9, Oct 19, 2011

lol, thank you lorenzo, I now remember why I don't correct people ;) - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

I only do because Heidita threatened to beat me with a wet carp if I didn't. ;) - lorenzo9, Oct 19, 2011

lorenzo and cogu. I am not going crazy. Cannot and can not are both acceptable. However because the 'not' in your sentence relates to the next word ie 'emphasize' then 'can not' is preferred. Source = Oxford English Dictionary - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/cannot - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/cannot-or-can-not/ - Cogu's sentence was being emphatic. - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

cannno or can not, but the tense was incorrect, that is why I was talking about flattering, which does not help at all - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

Thank you, Billy (interesting link, I've learnt something new), Thank you Lorenzo, and Thank you Jeezz. - cogumela, Oct 19, 2011

Heidi, don't worry, I don't take on board flattery. I'm aware of my weaknesess. Still, I'm not sure if I understand the correction. - cogumela, Oct 19, 2011

What tense is incorrect? Both I will never (be abe to is implied in this sentence) and I can never sound totally fine to me, thus I made no correction. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

Cogu. What you originally said is not wrong, its just that it doesn't sound right in this context. It is not what a native would probably use. We would more likely say "I can not emphasize...." etc. - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

I just attritubite it to her formal style of speaking which I find rather pleasant. I will be on the lookout for more errors though with a sharper toothed comb. Gracias. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

thanks billy, that is much clearer now, cogu, no tiene que ver contigo en particular, la gente es así en general, dicen a todo el mundo hay que ver qué bien ...y luego no corrigen, no ayuda a nadie esa actitud. - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

hence I said "sounds better" - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

mira, esto es lo que dijo marianne: "I can't emphasize this enough: these two....", tu frase no suena bien, tal caso faltaba " i will never be able to emphasize.....pero bueno, ahora ya está claro , creo:) - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

no problem at all my friends. Since I started learning Spanish I think my English is actually improving a little too lol - billygoat, Oct 19, 2011

Answer 3

Lo que pasa es que "Que dijo eso" no tiene mucho sentido a menos que se refiriera a la persona que lo dijo de una manera despectiva. De cualquier forma la manera correcta de decir es ¿Quien dijo eso?

¿Qué ha sido eso? = ¿Qué fue eso?

¿Qué ha dicho eso? = ¿Quien dijo eso?

De acuerdo que no tiene mucho sentido. Quizas es maltraducido. Sinembargo me pregunto porque "¿Qué ha dicho eso? = ¿Quien dijo eso?" Por mi parte no es muy obvio la diferencia entre estas palabras, uno con Qué y otro con Quien. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

"Supongo que es una situacion en que hay que aceptarlo sin pensar tanto. Gracias amigo. - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

Answer 4

Yes, you are right but in the second one is ¿Quien dijo eso?

Quién - Gekkosan, Oct 19, 2011

Yes, you are right but in the second one IT is "¿Quien dijo eso?" - jeezzle, Oct 19, 2011

Answer 5

Yes, you are right but in the second one is ¿Quien dijo eso?

Pero la mayor (militar) estaba diciendo algo como "que significa eso, lo que ha dicho usted" porque no entendió el idioma del hombre.

Me parece que no quería decir "¿Quien dijo eso?" pero "¿Qué dijo eso?" pero no sé.

¿Me estás contando que "¿Qué ha dicho eso?" = "¿Quien dijo eso?" o que "¿Qué ha dicho eso?" puede significar "¿Quien dijo eso?" y también "¿Qué dijo eso?" o quizas no lo entiendo bien.

jeezzle, you are getting a lot of answers by cogu and viggo, please help them with their english! - 00494d19, Oct 19, 2011

I'll second that, Heidita!! - territurtle, Oct 19, 2011

Answer 6

Unfortunately, once again, you fail to provide the clear and full context of what you heard and when, so it is very difficult to make good educated guesses. I really wish you could change that habit, my friend.

I wrote "Pero la mayor (militar) estaba diciendo algo como "que significa eso, lo que ha dicho usted" porque no entendió el idioma del hombre.

Me parece que no quería decir "¿Quien dijo eso?" pero "¿Qué dijo eso?" pero no sé."

Is that not enough context?

What was said was "¿Qué ha dicho eso? " (or maybe ¿Que ha dicho eso?) because he didn't understand the translator. What was that he said? But talking about this with the natives in my Government class, they agree it's an odd thing to say there and should rather just be ¿Qué significa eso? although I can see "¿Qué dijo?" working and so therefore ¿Qué ha dicho? but maybe with ese it does work ¿Qué ha dicho ese? What did that guy say? In retrospect, that makes the most sense here.

¿Qué ha dicho ese?

Gracias.