What happened to you?

Question

Hi friends; How to ask these two questions in spanish(especially Argentina)? "What happened to you?" & "What has happened to you?"

Thanks

Hello, welcome to the forum! - rac1, Jan 10, 2013

oh tanx :) - ddaadd, Jan 13, 2013

Answer 1

Certainly not many would understand you in Argentina. If you go there, just ask:

¿Qué te pasó? (familiar)

¿Qué le pasó? (formal)

There are a lot of ways to ask this. I'm just telling you the easier and usual way.

The translator gives 3 options. Two are wrong, and the third one (middle in the translator output) would sound odd in Argentina.

The second would be:

¿Que te ha pasado? (familiar)

¿Que le ha pasado? (formal)

These two are not the preferred options. The top two are way more common.

Tnx for your explanation - ddaadd, Jan 13, 2013

Answer 2

Try the translator first, but in Limon Costa Rica "What happened to you?" is understood by many that don't speak English because of the language Patwah.