Salir

Question 1

Salir

Answer 1

To go out (like to exit/leave, to do activities outside the house, or go out on a date)

Question 2

Idiomatic uses of Salir

Answer 2

1. To cost, to be (typically the cost of something you buy, not rent) (if a number is mentioned, the preposition “en” is placed between salir and the number)
2. To say something, not good news (typically a lie or excuse) (salir con algo)
3. To pull something off, to do something successfully
   - salirle, I think
4. To get away with (salirse con la suya)
   - me salí con la mía
   - te saliste con la tuya
   - se salió con la suya
   - nos salimos con la nuestra
   - se salieron con la suya
5. To backfire (salir el tiro por la culata​)

Question 3

The speaker I bought at the store was cheap (colloquial), it cost me (regular) two hundred pesos.

Answer 3

La bocina que compré en la tienda ​(me) salió​ barata, me costó doscientos pesos.

Question 4

The house I bought costs (regular) three million pesos, but with the interest it will have cost me (colloquial) six million.

Answer 4

La casa que compré cuesta tres millones de pesos pero con los intereses me habrá salido en seis millones.

Question 5

My car cost me (colloquial) forty thousand dollars.

Answer 5

Mi carro me salió en cuarenta mil dólares.

Question 6

• How much did your sneakers cost?
• they cost me five hundred pesos

Both salir

Answer 6

• Cuánto te salieron tus tenis?
• me salieron en quinientos pesos

Question 7

My cousin Karla said that she is pregnant.

Answer 7

Mi prima Karla ​salió con​ que está embarazada

(This puts a negative spin on the news)

Question 8

Don’t tell me you don’t feel like going, get dressed and let’s go to Six Flags.

Answer 8

No me s​algas con​ que no tienes ganas de ir, vístete y vamos a Six Flags.

Question 9

Don’t tell me that you don’t want to go to the party

Answer 9

No me salgas con que no quieres ir a la fiesta

No me salgas con que no tienes ganas de ir a la fiesta

Question 10

The student said that the dog ate her homework

(excuse)

Answer 10

El estudiante salió con que el perro se comió su tarea

*example of an excuse

Question 11

I didn’t pull off the chiles en nogada, so we ordered a pizza

I didn’t successfully make the chiles en nogada, so we ordered pizza

Answer 11

Los chiles en Nogada no me ​salieron​, por eso pedimos una pizza

Question 12

Hillary Clinton didn’t have a successful strategy to win the presidency

Answer 12

A Hillary Clinton no le ​salió​ su estrategia para ganar la presidencia.

Is this a personal a ?

Question 13

Javier Duarte stole two trillion pesos and like many politicians, he got away with it

Answer 13

Javier Duarte se robó dos trillones de pesos y como muchos políticos, ​se salió con la suya.

Question 14

It backfired on the people of Chicago who called for defunding the police

Answer 14

A la gente en Chicago que pidió desfinanciar la policía le s​alió el tiro por la culata​.

Is this a personal a ?