lo hiciste
/lo iθiste/from spelling rules
The English phrase "you did it" is translated into Spanish as lo hiciste.
lo hiciste is used to congratulate someone for achieving a goal or completing a task successfully. When expressing enthusiastic congratulations for a success, it is common to use exclamation marks, as in ¡Lo hiciste!
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the direct object pronoun lo (it) and the verb hacer in the preterite second-person singular form hiciste (you did). Literally, it means "it you did".
Which one should you use?
lo hiciste is specifically the past tense. To say "you do it" in the present tense, you would say lo haces.
How does it change in a sentence?
The form changes depending on who you are addressing. To say "you all did it" to a group of people, use lo hicieron in Latin America or lo hicisteis in Spain.
How do you pronounce it?
/lo iθiste/
Did you know?
- If you use the phrase lo hicisteis in Latin America, listeners might think you are acting in a historical drama or reading from an old textbook.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, instead of saying lo hiciste, people might exclaim ¡Eso es! to mean 'That is it!' or 'You've got it!', signaling the same celebratory sentiment.
- The pronoun lo in lo hiciste comes from the Latin word illum, which originally meant 'that' or 'that one'.
Examples in context
- Quizá lo hiciste mal.Maybe you did it wrong.This sentence is useful for showing a possibility of performing an action incorrectly with lo hiciste.Tatoeba #3100608 by marcelostockle, translation #2646023 by CK
- Díme cómo lo hiciste.Tell me how you did it.This sentence is useful for asking for the method used with lo hiciste.Tatoeba #10028223 by dagonzalezce, translation #1845485 by CK
- No sé cómo lo hiciste.I don't know how you did it.This sentence is useful for expressing a lack of knowledge about how something was accomplished with lo hiciste.Tatoeba #2897327 by teskmon, translation #2318229 by CK
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Example conversation
Alejandro just finished running his first marathon.
- María¡Lo hiciste, Alejandro!You did it, Alejandro!
- AlejandroSí, fue muy difícil.Yes, it was very difficult.
- MaríaEstoy muy orgullosa de ti.I am very proud of you.
- AlejandroMuchas gracias, María.Thank you very much, María.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries lo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
