"si tiene con qué aquel día"

Question

Can you help with the phrase "si tiene con qué aquel día" in a 19th century novel that I am reading (El Anacronópete by Enrique Gaspar). The context is that someone has just been offered the chance to have dinner with Cervantes at 5pm in Madrid:

Él puede comer á las cinco en Madrid con Cervantes — si tiene con qué aquel día.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

"Si tiene con qué" = "Si tiene con qué comer" = "Si tiene algo para comer"

Ah ha, I see. The infinitive "comer" is understood as coming from earlier in the sentence. Many thanks, Cordobesa! - bouldermain, Apr 1, 2012

De nada :))) - Cordobesa, Apr 1, 2012

Answer 2

Hello again. This morning, I read more of the context of this sentence, and I wonder whether "Si tiene con qué aquel día" might sometimes translate as "if you've had enough this day"? That seems to fit the surrounding context in the Gaspar novel.

Thanks!

Si tiene con qué comer puede referirse también a si tiene dinero suficiente para comer :) - Cordobesa, Apr 1, 2012

¡Muchas gracias! The money makes sense in this context! - bouldermain, Apr 1, 2012