No valgo madre en ingles

Question

Hola, que significa la frase "no valgo madre". Lo vi en una cancion de Cypress Hill se llama "Iluciones". Creo que es algo como "no me importa" pero no estoy seguro. Gracias y lo siento por mi pobre espanol, soy guiri

you should put the result in the phrase book - Tasear, Dec 25, 2011

bienviendo a forum - Tasear, Dec 25, 2011

More context would help you get better results - Tasear, Dec 25, 2011

Answer 1

Ah okay. La letra dice: Hay mucha gente que me dice / Que no valgo madre y no voy hacer / Nada porque me critican...

No. What this means is "I am not worth anything".

So, the song says:

People tell me / That I am worthless

And so I'm not / Going to do anything / because everyone criticizes me.

I think in the context of the song this is the best answer. I have seen valer and madre used before, but never in the first person. Thanks to all! - herbieflowers, Dec 26, 2011

It is an idiomatic expression; it cannot be interpreted literally. - Gekkosan, Dec 26, 2011

Answer 2

"No valer madre" means something is worthless.

Answer 3

After a quick search I am going to give my educated guess.

Guess: It's not worth it

Edit: I don't think it's worth it

Support for my guess

Spanisdict.com dictionary results for madre

me vale madre (informal) -> I couldn't give a **** o (Mexican Spanish) a toss (British)

Similar idioms Spanish: no vale la pena and the English equivalents it's not worth it, no pain no gain, it's not worth the pain

This answer, while a good guess, is not quite correct. - Gekkosan, Dec 25, 2011

Answer 4

Ah okay. La letra dice: Hay mucha gente que me dice / Que no valgo madre y no voy hacer / Nada porque me critican...

So is it saying that he doesn't value anything?

¿Se dice tambien "me vale madre"? ¿Es igual?

Gracias a 000000 y Torielisa17