tu música está muy fuerte
/tu musika esta mui fweɾte/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'your music is too loud' is translated into Spanish as tu música está muy fuerte.
A statement used to tell someone that the volume of their music is at an excessive level.
What does it mean word for word?
The word fuerte literally means 'strong', but when referring to sound or volume, it is the standard way to say 'loud'.
Which one should you use?
While tu música está muy fuerte means 'very loud', tu música está demasiado fuerte specifically means 'too loud' in the sense of being excessive.
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, if you want to ask someone to turn the music down, you might use the verb bajar, which means 'to lower' or 'to descend'.
- While fuerte means 'loud' here, using it to describe a person's voice can imply they are shouting or being aggressive rather than just having a high volume.
- The word música is a direct descendant of the Greek word for the 'Muses', the goddesses of inspiration in classical mythology.
Examples in context
- La música está demasiado alta. ¿Podría bajarle el volumen, por favor?The music is too loud. Could you please lower the volume?
- Me disculpo, pero el volumen de su música está perturbando mi tranquilidad. ¿Podría, por favor, disminuirlo un poco?I apologize, but the volume of your music is disturbing my peace. Could you please lower it a bit?
- La música está muy alta, ¡no puedo escucharme pensar! ¿Podrías bajarle un poco, por favor?The music is too loud, I cannot even hear myself think! Could you lower it a bit, please?
- ¡Oye! ¿Podrías bajar un poco la música? Está a tope.Hey! Could you lower the music a bit? It's at maximum volume.
- Ey, el volumen de la música está muy alto, ¿me lo puedes bajar un poco?Hey, the volume of the music is very high, could you lower it for me a bit?
- Tu música está muy fuerte, por favor bájala.Your music is too loud, please turn it down.
- No puedo dormir porque tu música está muy fuerte.I can't sleep because your music is too loud.
- Oye, tu música está muy fuerte para esta hora.Hey, your music is too loud for this time of night.
Example conversation
Sofía knocks on Mateo's door to complain about the noise.
- SofíaMateo, tu música está muy fuerte.Mateo, your music is too loud.
- MateoLo siento, Sofía, no me di cuenta.I'm sorry, Sofía, I didn't realize.
- SofíaEs que no puedo concentrarme.It's just that I can't concentrate.
- MateoPerdón, la voy a bajar ahora mismo.Sorry, I will turn it down right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries fuerte, muy, música, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
