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Why Spanish says 'it got lost on me' instead of 'I lost it'

· 9:33 · S19 E8

Episode Why Spanish says 'it got lost on me' instead of 'I lost it'

0:00 9:33

There's more than one way to say you lost something in Spanish, and the version you choose changes how the sentence feels. In this episode, Pablo compares "perdí" with "se me perdió" using different examples from the video, and unpacks why Spanish speakers go for the second one so often.

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