te la encargo frank, ai me la cuidas.

Question

I understand some of the words on their own but am having trouble stringing this sentence together and making sense of it. What does translate to in English or what does it mean?

"te la encargo frank, ai me la cuidass"

Frank I'm sure is some fellow's name, for starters... :) - cristalino, Feb 19, 2013

Welcome to the forum! - rac1, Feb 19, 2013

Answer 1

I'm assuming that the person speaking is talking to Frank, which is what the "te" refers to (meaning you, but you in this context is Frank). "La" is refering to something previously stated, probably a person, but it could be a thing. Encargo means put in charge or care of. "ai" is a little harder, it's obviously misspelled, possibly from "alli or ahi," but I don't think it should be translated directly. The meaning is something like: "I'm putting you in charge of it(her), Frank. Take care of it(her) for me."

You beat me to it, LOL. I'm glad to see we came up with the same translation. - rodneyp, Feb 19, 2013

Answer 2

I'm leaving you in charge of it ( or her), take good care of it (her)

Hard to say without context if we're talking an item or a person

te la encargo frank, hay me la cuidas