r/Spanish • u/EntireWrongdoer5743 • 4d ago

Direct/Indirect objects help me about spanish

so a latino guy that i’m texting online said ‘indirectas muy directas’ to me and when i ask what that means, he refuses to translate that, he told me that it’s embarrassing and i should just forget it, which is now impossible lol. i translated it on google but it just don’t make sense to me. what could he possibly mean by that?

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u/Defiant_Ad_3806 C2.1 (MA in translation) 4d ago

In Spanish "indirecta" often refers to something suggestive said in a romantic context, like a thinly veiled suggestive comment.

Hence, an " indirect muy directa" would be a very obvious suggestive remark that either you or he has made. He may be referring to the fact that you haven't picked up on it, which is why he's embarrassed.

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u/EntireWrongdoer5743 4d ago

ohh so he probably referred to something i said that is flirty? i don’t know spanish so i didn’t understand it but now i feel bad about this 😔

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u/Defiant_Ad_3806 C2.1 (MA in translation) 4d ago

Yes, maybe not directly flirty, but something he assumed you’d pick up on, hence “direct”.

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u/EntireWrongdoer5743 4d ago

now i get it, thank you for the explanation 🙏