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Poner la lavadora - No me gusta nada
So I have a clip of a woman putting clothes in a washing machine and she says:
"Estoy poniendo la lavadora. ¡No me gusta nada!" I'm a bit confused by both sentences. In the first, it reads like "I'm putting the washing machine". I know that "poner" can mean a variety of things but I'm not sure what it means here. I would imagine it means "putting clothes in.." but is it okay to just leave out the phrase "la ropa en". I suppose that would make sense, since it's clear from the clip that's what she's doing. I'm just not sure that's what's going on. The second sentence seems to mean "I don't like anything", when I would expect "I don't like it" ("No me lo gusta"). Is this maybe like saying "I don't like it at all"? |
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I agree with Rusty.
I will just add: "Poner" when you are talking about a machine, means that you are making the machine work. Obviously, in context, you wouldn't make the washing machine work without any clothes in, so it's understood you're loading it to make it work. ![]() We can say: "poner la cafetera", "poner la radio", "poner la tele(visión)"... As for "no me gusta nada", this is why context is important. Without any context, the sentence would mean "I don't like anything", but here, it means "I don't like anything about doing this chore". ![]()
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