lo que hiciste
/lo ke iθiste/from spelling rules
What you did in Spanish is lo que hiciste.
It refers to the thing someone did, inside a longer sentence such as I know what you did.
What does it mean word for word?
lo que means the thing that, or what and hiciste means you did.
How does it change in a sentence?
hiciste is the past tense of the verb meaning to do or make, in the informal you form.
How do you pronounce it?
The h in hiciste is silent. In Spain the c sounds like th in think, in Latin America it sounds like s.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Because this is not a question, que is written without an accent.
Did you know?
- The word que is a linguistic relative of the English word 'who', both tracing back to the same ancient Indo-European roots.
- The pronoun lo in lo que hiciste acts as a 'neuter' pronoun, a grammatical category that allows Spanish to refer to abstract ideas without assigning a gender.
- In Spanish, hiciste can refer to both a task you performed and a physical object you built, because the verb hacer merges the English meanings of 'to do' and 'to make'.
Examples in context
- Sé lo que hiciste.I know what you did.Sé means I know.Tatoeba #1748307 by Shishir, translation #1553461 by CK
- Vi lo que hiciste.I saw what you did.Vi means I saw.Tatoeba #2375287 by Shishir, translation #1887645 by CK
- Veo lo que hiciste ahí.I see what you did there.This matches the English joke line, with ahí meaning there.Tatoeba #1713588 by marcelostockle, translation #1493311 by Spamster
- 35 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Elena and Daniel are talking about a surprise party.
- ElenaMe encanta lo que hiciste para la fiesta.I love what you did for the party.
- DanielGracias, Elena. Me tomó mucho tiempo.Thanks, Elena. It took me a long time.
- Elena¿Cómo pensaste en lo que hiciste?How did you think of what you did?
- DanielVi una idea similar en internet.I saw a similar idea on the internet.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries lo, que, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
