vuelve a tu país
/bwelbe a tu pais/from spelling rules
The English phrase "go back to your country" is translated into Spanish as vuelve a tu país.
This phrase is a hostile command told to an immigrant or foreigner to leave the current country and return to their place of origin.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase vuelve a tu país is composed of vuelve (return/go back), a (to), tu (your) and país (country).
Which one should you use?
Other variations include Vete a tu país and Regresa a tu país, which also mean "Go back to your country" in an informal way. For formal contexts, you can use Por favor, regrese a su país or the more indirect Le agradeceríamos que volviera a su país, which means "We would appreciate it if you went back to your country".
How does it change in a sentence?
The default form vuelve a tu país uses the informal imperative vuelve (tú form). To make the phrase formal, you use the verb form vuelva and the possessive su.
Did you know?
- The word país shares a root with the English word 'pagan', as both come from the Latin pāgus referring to a rural district or countryside.
- In some Spanish-speaking regions, the word paisano is used as a warm term for a fellow countryman, creating a sharp contrast with the hostility of vuelve a tu país.
- While the phrase is a command, using the formal regrese a su país can actually make the hostility feel more cold and calculated due to its polite grammatical structure.
Examples in context
- ¡Vuelve a tu país!Go back to your country!
- Él le gritó: vuelve a tu país.He shouted at her: go back to your country.
Example conversation
A heated argument between two neighbors in a street.
- María¡Vuelve a tu país ahora mismo!Go back to your country right now!
- Alejandro¡No me hables así, María!Don't talk to me like that, María!
- María¡Es lo que te digo, vuelve a tu país!That is what I'm telling you, go back to your country!
- AlejandroEres una persona muy cruel.You are a very cruel person.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries a, país, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
