Expressions: ¡Más te vale! ¡Que te conste!
Posted on 10. Aug, 2012 by Adir in Spanish Vocabulary
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?
Today is Friday and let’s learn two very useful expressions in spoken Spanish: ¡Más te vale! and ¡Que te conste!
¡Más te vale! means something like “You’d better do that!”, like in a threat. Here are some examples:
A: Pedrito, ¡ve a arreglar tu habitación! [Pedrito, go clean up your room!]
B: (whispering) Voy si quiero… [I will do it if I want to...]
B: ¿Qué has dicho? [What did you just say?]
A: Nada, mamy. [Nothing, mom.]
B: Más te vale. [You'd better.]
A: Voy por ti a las cuatro, ¿vale? [I'll pick you up at four, all right?]
B: Más te vale. Si te retrasas no sé qué hago contigo. [You'd better. If you're late, I don't know what I'll do with you.]
A: Tengo mucho dolor en el estómago. [My stomach hurts so much.]
B: Más te vale ir al doctor. [You'd better go to the doctor.]
¡Que te conste! can be translated as “Mark my words!” or “Listen carefully!”.
¡Que te conste! Jamás vuelvo a trabajar en aquella empresa. [Mark my words! I'm never going to work in that company again.]
Que te conste que él me ha engañado toda mi vida. Después de todo lo que he hecho por él. [Listen carefully, he's cheated on me all my life. After all I've done for him.]
Have a great weekend! ¡Aprovéchalo!
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About Adir
English / Spanish teacher and translator for over 20 years. I have been blogging since 2007 and I am also a professional singer in my spare time.