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How do you say "See?" in Spanish?

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Could you please tell me how to say, "See?" in Spanish? This is like saying, "See what you did?" or "See, I told you so!"

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updated Jun 24, 2016
posted by miquita_de_la_o
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This thread has a nice discussion on: See, I told you so:

http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/see-i-told-you-so.2939675/

The consensus seems to be that:

"¿Ves? ¡Te lo dije!"

Is generally acceptable.

Some would add “ya” some not.

Here is a comment on mira vs. ves:

You would only use mira if you were pointing or referring to something actually visible, so the meaning would be closer to "Look at that. I told you so." Ver in this context is less specific, and encompasses the idea of entender, so the idea is more that of "Do you perceive/understand/get what is happening?" The same applies to "see" in English in this context. In fact, you could say this (See?) to a blind person, or to someone in a pitch-black room, when no actual seeing is possible.

updated Jul 14, 2016
posted by bosquederoble
Perfect. Thank you so much! - miquita_de_la_o, Jun 23, 2016
De nada. :) - bosquederoble, Jun 24, 2016
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There is somewhat a difference between "Mira" the command--Look or see and "Ves" or "Do you see."

EX. "¡Mira lo que has hecho! See (or look) what you have done!

"¿Ves lo que has hecho?" "See what you have done??"

updated Jul 14, 2016
posted by Daniela2041
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Hello miquita,

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum smile

You asked:

Could you please tell me how to say, "See?" in Spanish? This is like saying, "See what you did?" or "See, I told you so!"

Miquita, we often use the word see, but infact when you translate the Spanish back to English the word look is closer to the Spanish meaning as in look what you have done:

Mira as in the sentence: ¡Mira lo que has hecho! = Look (see) what you've done! wink

mira ¿no te lo dije? = Look, I told you so!

We often use the same word in English to translate an idea from Spanish to English but the Spanish often use a variety of diferent words according to the context, so be careful not to assume that the Spanish are going to use the same word as we do! wink

For example, we use the word 'get'i n English which can mean to receive, to buy, to obtain, to understand, according to the context! ex's

1 I hope to get a new car next week (meaning: to buy Spanish verb: comprar)

2 She hopes to get a bike for her birthday (meaning to receive Spanish verb recibir)

3." I don't get it!" said the student to his teacher. (meaning to understand Spanish verb entender)

I hope this helps wink

updated Jul 14, 2016
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
Thank you for your input! - miquita_de_la_o, Jun 23, 2016
You are welcome, Miquita :) - FELIZ77, Jun 23, 2016
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Thank you!

updated Jun 23, 2016
posted by miquita_de_la_o