Is "¿Tú de mí"? a speech pattern or 'idiom' in Spanish?

Question

Hello to everyone. I was studying the spanish verb "Declararse" on the SpanishDict web site. There is an example sentence which I have been trying to make sense of. Here is the sentence and the given translation:

¿Tú de mí te declararías a Nacho?

the given translation is:

Do you think I should tell Nacho that I love him?

In trying to make sense of this example it occurred to me that "¿Tú de mí" might mean something like: "If you were me?"

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"te declararías a Nacho?" might mean something like "would you tell Nacho?"

So, all together I thought the sentence in question would mean something like:

"If you were me, would you tell Nacho I love him?"

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and to further focus in on the phrase: ¿Tú de mí"? could it be something like an idiom meaning something like "If you were me?"

The above is the only thing I could think of to have the given translation make sense to me. Can anyone tell me if I am on the right track? I would appreciate it greatly!

Thank you and thanks to this great community.

Answer 1

I would say: Tú que yo ¿ te declararías a Nacho?

I have never heard it the way you have mentioned, but my Spanish is from Mexico. Maybe this is a regional expression.

"If you were me ............."

I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my question. I was having trouble relating the sentence in Spanish to the translation that was given. Your answer shed more light on this question for me. Thanks! - 004d9596, Feb 27, 2016

Answer 2

This is just to agree with Julián..although reversed, but still. - annierats, Feb 26, 2016

Wow! Cool! Thanks! - 004d9596, Feb 27, 2016

Answer 3

hi, what do you need? the correct translation in Spanish would be:

¿Piensas que debo decirle a Nacho que lo amo?

declararse is a word that doesn't have the same meaning in English and Spanish

Well, you're right, it doesn't have the same meaning, but its use is not uncommon is this situation. People often "declare" their love for someone. It's stronger than to just "say" you love him. - Winkfish, Feb 26, 2016

Thank you so much for your response it helped me to process this sentence which kind of threw me when I first saw it. - 004d9596, Feb 27, 2016

Answer 4

Might the phrase be something more like "between you and me," as in "Don't tell anyone else"? Literally "you from me"?

Thank you very much for your response. That makes more sense than what I came up with. - 004d9596, Feb 27, 2016