¿Qué quiere decir, "Dele aquí derecho"?

Question

¿Qué quiere decir, "Dele aquí derecho"?

Contexto: Un pasajero en un coche está tratando de guiar al conductor a un lugar determinado; He citado el subtítulo español en la película.

Context: A passenger in a car is trying to direct the driver to a particular location; I have quoted the Spanish subtitle on the film.

Gracias de antemano.

De aquí, I think. - rac1, Sep 17, 2015

Specifically, it is the word "Dele" that's confounding me. I know I didn't misunderstand what was said... I had subtitles turned on. - jrschenk, Sep 17, 2015

I have marked WinkFish's answer as the best to acknowledge that he was correct early on--thank you, WinkFish. - jrschenk, Sep 18, 2015

May I suggest you read the entire thread because there were substantial contributions by others, all of which were greatly helpful. - jrschenk, Sep 18, 2015

Good question mate. - ray76, Sep 18, 2015

Answer 1

"Dele" could be the imperative form of "dar" with the IO "le" tacked on. So, to try to do it literally, which will sound pretty stupid, "Give it/yourself straight ahead here."

Exactly, which is why I am seeking help here... it doesn't make sense. - jrschenk, Sep 17, 2015

Julian and Luis both say you are right... I was just slow to see it. Thank you, WinkFish. - jrschenk, Sep 18, 2015

Answer 2

When giving directions it´s very common to say "Date / dele vuelta a la derecha / izquierda" meaning "to turn right / left", so my guess is that someone is telling the driver to "drive straight ahead".

Sub titles are sometimes very strange. It´s much more common to say in this case: Sigue (todo) derecho.

Gracias, Julian, are 'date' and 'dele' as used in this context forms of 'dar' (to give)? - jrschenk, Sep 17, 2015

Thanks Julian...I learned something new. :) - rac1, Sep 17, 2015

Jr, these are conjugations of "dar" but as you know it is used many times idiomatically, ie: "Date cuenta de que aquí se da vuelta a la izquierda para llegar al cine" (Know that here you turn left to arrive at the cinema) - 005faa61, Sep 17, 2015

Amber, I happy to help - 005faa61, Sep 17, 2015

Julian, I did not know... never had classroom Spanish, just determination, so this was very helpful. Thanks. - jrschenk, Sep 17, 2015

Answer 3

Winkfish is right, 'Déle' is the imperative of 'dar' ('dé') plus a neutral particle 'le'.

This neutral particle is very used in Spanish in Mexico, Chile and Central America, especially with imperatives.

ándale ándele ándenle córrale camínele atráquele dale dígale éntrenle ¡épale! ¡ópale! pásale

Argentina: ¡Metalé! ¡Metéle!

Chile: Camínele, pues, señorita.

Colombia: Ándele, córrale, ¡úpale!

Venezuela: ¡Otro palito, mi negro! ¡Échele!

Panamá: ¡Ándele!

El Salvador: ¡Atráquenle juego!

Guatemala: Ándale, que se hace tarde.

México: Entonces arriesgándole, me bajé por un lado de la cama. – Vete a ver cómo le hacen para salvar a esos compañeros. - ¡Jálenle! – Anda, pues, córrele para tu casa. – Pero no más camínele para allá. - ¿Cómo le hace para estar en todo, don Felipe?

Speedy Gonzalez: ¡Ándale, ándale, ándale, arriba, arriba, yeehaw!

http://hispanoteca.eu/gramáticas/Gramática española/Dativos superfluos.htm

¡Increíblemente útil, gracias! - jrschenk, Sep 17, 2015

Answer 4

It means go forwards.

Sí, le entiendo, pero ¿por qué "Dele"? - jrschenk, Sep 17, 2015

Answer 5

Puede ser que quiera decir: "conduzca derecho por aquí".

Maybe he wants to say: "drive right here".

Answer 6

IS it a colloquial expression?