Estar junto a ti

Question

The original phrase is "ella estara junto a ti". I met this phrase when I was watching a Spanish subtitles translation of Kelly Clarkson's "Never again" music video. It rendered from the English phrase "She'll be through with you". At first, I though "junto a ti" is an idiom but when I looked it up in the internet, it came out to be "together with sb". Is it a slang? Could someone verify this phrase.

Answer 1

It could be an idiom but not a slang expression... "junto a ti" especially in that context would mean "...by your side", but "She'll be through with you" doesn't mean "ella estará junto a ti", i think it's a bad translation, it would actually mean "Ella estará contigo"... or more accurately to the song's lyrics "Ella lo vivirá/pasará contigo"

The song goes this way: ?...but when your day comes, and he’s through with you, and he’ll be through with you, you’ll die together but alone ?

Then in spanish: ?...pero cuando tu día llegue, y el esté contigo, y el estará contigo, morirán juntos, pero solos ?

I'm from Spain, so trust me =)

"through does not equate to pasar/vivir but acabado/terminado", that's completely right, but in terms of this song it's not... - DoverMob, Mar 29, 2012

I don't agree. I understand English pretty good, and I don't think I'm missing this one. The song was inspired by her breakup, and in the context of this song, it does not mean what you said. - Jack-OBrien, Mar 29, 2012

I'm a Spanish learner, and I understand English well. I am sure that "he's through with somebody" means he has terminated his relationship with somebody. I don't think it means " to live" or to " be together with" somebody. - dumbbell123, Apr 1, 2012

Answer 2

She'll be through with you" doesn't mean "ella estará junto a ti", i think it's a bad >translation, it would actually mean "Ella estará contigo"... or more accurately to the song's >lyrics "Ella lo vivirá/pasará contigo"

You're misunderstanding the English meaning of "and he's through with you". In this context, through does not equate to pasar/vivir but acabado/terminado.

When he's through/done/finished with you maybe could be something like "y él esté terminado contigo".

No, yo había pensado lo mismo, pero para los términos de la canción simplemente no =) - DoverMob, Mar 29, 2012

Then it would be "y el acabe contigo+...y el acabará contigo" or "y el termine contigo+...y el terminará contigo" - DoverMob, Mar 29, 2012