Translation of Tontería

Jannice K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nos enfadamos por una tontería.We got angry at each other over (because of) a trifle.
At first when I saw Trifle in the translation I thought of a pudding (postre). Ha ha. I don’t think trifle is the correct word to use for the translation of tontería in this example. Perhaps use ‘something trivial / trivial thing’

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using por for due to / because of / for in Spanish (subordinate causal clauses)"

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Iris R.B2Kwiziq community member

la traducción a trifle es correcto, aquí es lo que tengo...

según Word Reference Diccionario y Cambridge Dictionary;

tontería quiere decir - cosa insignificante que es un sinónimo de trifle o triviality

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Jannice

Una tontería means "a silly little thing", "something insignificant".

Saludos

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Jannice K. asked:

Translation of Tontería

Nos enfadamos por una tontería.We got angry at each other over (because of) a trifle.
At first when I saw Trifle in the translation I thought of a pudding (postre). Ha ha. I don’t think trifle is the correct word to use for the translation of tontería in this example. Perhaps use ‘something trivial / trivial thing’

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