¿Qué cosa?

¿Qué cosa?(
keh
 
koh
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sah
)
A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
phrase
a. What?
¿Esto esta a la venta? - ¿Qué cosa?Is this for sale? - What?
b. What thing?
¿Te conté lo que me dijo Pedro anoche? - ¿Qué cosa?Did I tell you the thing Pedro told me last night? - What thing?
c.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Muero de hambre. - ¿Qué cosa? No te escuché.I'm starving. - Come again? I couldn't hear you.
Mariana va a venir al rato. - ¿Qué cosa? - Dije que Mariana va a venir al rato.Mariana's coming later. - What's that? - I said that Mariana's coming later.
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