cómprame de nuevo
/kompɾame de nwebo/from spelling rules
To say 'buy me back' in Spanish, use cómprame de nuevo.
This phrase is used when requesting that someone purchase something again that you previously owned.
Did you know?
- If you ask someone to cómprame without the phrase de nuevo, you are not asking them to 'buy me back', but rather asking them to 'buy me' as if you were an object for sale.
- Spanish has a specific legal term called pacto de retroventa, a contract that explicitly allows a seller to buy back the item they just sold.
- In Spanish, the word nuevo doesn't just mean 'new' in the sense of 'freshly made'. When used after a noun, it often means 'different' or 'another one'.
Examples in context
- ¿Me lo podrías recomprar?Could you buy it back from me?
Example conversation
Lucía and Daniel are talking about a sold painting.
- LucíaDaniel, ¿todavía tienes mi cuadro?Daniel, do you still have my painting?
- DanielNo, lo vendí hace un mes.No, I sold it a month ago.
- LucíaSi lo recuperas, cómprame de nuevo el cuadro.If you get it back, buy the painting back for me.
- DanielEstá bien, lo intentaré hacer.All right, I will try to do it.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
