me doy
i give up and i gave up in spanish:
me doy y me di '?
any other way to say it'
98 Answers
Obviously, Mexicans cannot help being influenced by Americans (i.e. from USA) any more than we can't help doing the same with the French. However, French influence is at least Romance, which shares the same roots as Spanish, whereas English influence is several millennia away from Spanish, and this makes some influences sound terribly foreign to any native who is not into English.
I'll check this anyway.
P.S. My friend is from Mexico city (where he was born, and lived for over 25 years), but he is already gone.
Estoy en desacuerdo, en México es común decir "me doy" cuando ya no se quiere seguir discutiendo algo, es decir ya no quieren insistir sobre el mismo tema, por lo que se usa esa expresión para poner punto final.
Los niños lo usan mucho cuando están jugando a las adivinanzas y no logran saber de que se trata, entonces dicen "me doy" y así quien puso la adivinanza explica de que se trataba.
Su amigo mexicano, ¿tiene mucho tiempo fuera de México? porque yo he escuchado y utilizado esa frase infinidad de veces.
Saludos, yo soy de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
lazarus1907 said:
James Santiago said:
I disagree. I have heard "Me doy" used often as an abbreviated form. In fact, this is exactly the same in English, where we say "I give" as a short form for "I give up" or "I give in."I just goolged "me doy" and got lots of hits where it was used to mean "I give up."
My Mexican friend here disagrees with you (he graduated in a Mexican university), but maybe some people use it like that. My Mexican friend and I would have not understood it out of context if we had heard it.
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James Santiago said:
I disagree. I have heard "Me doy" used often as an abbreviated form. In fact, this is exactly the same in English, where we say "I give" as a short form for "I give up" or "I give in." I just goolged "me doy" and got lots of hits where it was used to mean "I give up."
My Mexican friend here disagrees with you (he graduated in a Mexican university), but maybe some people use it like that. My Mexican friend and I would have not understood it out of context if we had heard it.
*I disagree. I have heard "Me doy" used often as an abbreviated form. In fact, this is exactly the same in English, where we say "I give" as a short form for "I give up" or "I give in."
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I agree with Sally, the adjective is essential, not only necessary. the sentence would not be understood in Spain without it (would it anywhere else'')
I have was curious and got to page 8 on google hits...no "me doy" for " me doy por vencido".
As a matter of fact it seems to be a hit now.
PUNISHER said:
that is why i asked if vencido is necessary, because i heard me doy in one of the mexicans` programs.
You could see I did not even understand what you are talking about, saying "me doy". It would not be understood over here and I guess in more places so to play it save i do not find it recommendable to say" me doy"...which could mean " I give myself"
Sally said:
No you can't just say "me doy".
I disagree. I have heard "Me doy" used often as an abbreviated form. In fact, this is exactly the same in English, where we say "I give" as a short form for "I give up" or "I give in."
I just goolged "me doy" and got lots of hits where it was used to mean "I give up."
context,,,context,,, mmmmmm
-Te llamas MMMM?
=NO.
-Entonces HHHH?
=NO.
-'i give up/gave up'
No you can't just say "me doy".
Vencido=male
Vencida = female
If you want a short way of saying it then use, "me rindo". That's all you need.
por vencido/a?
do you mean if a guy is talking he would say: me doy por vencido and if its a girl: me doy por vencida?
i don`t get what is vencida doing in here:
vencido=defeated, expired, due, payable, mature, loser..... can you explain why it is there? and if it is necessary to be there or we can just say me doy'
