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lo que me

what ... me

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phrase Very common #1,276
what ... me This is not usually a complete expression by itself. It commonly appears before a verb, as in lo que me dices or lo que me pide, and means 'what someone does/says/asks to me' depending on the following verb. In natural English, it is usually translated as 'what ... me' within a larger clause.
SP: No entiendo lo que me quieres explicar.
EN: I don't understand what you want to explain to me.

Es eso lo que me digo a mí mismo.

That's what I tell myself.

Ya veo lo que me depara el destino.

I can see what fate has in store for me.

— Picnic (1955)

Lo que me hacía falta.

What I needed.

No os podéis imaginar lo que me he encontrado arriba.

You can't imagine what I found up there.

— Volver (2006)

Lo que me va quedando, ¿se da cuenta?

What little I have left, you see?

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

Si pierdes, te daré lo que me pidas.

If you lose, I'll give you whatever you ask for.

— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)

Mira, Lloyd, sólo quiero lo que me prometieron, ni un centavo más.

Look, Lloyd, I just want what I was promised, not a penny more.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Como lo que me pongan en el plato.

I'll eat whatever they put on my plate.

Y quizás sea mi diferencia lo que me haga más útil.

And perhaps it is my difference that makes me more useful.

— Cónclave (2024)

Porque no me queda claro lo que me pides que haga.

Because I don't understand what you're asking me to do.

— Bugonia (2025)

Habría hecho lo que me hubieran pedido.

I would have done whatever they had asked of me.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Dile lo que me acabas de decir.

Tell him what you just told me.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

He vuelto a casa y quiero lo que me corresponde.

I've come back home, and I want what's rightfully mine.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

De aquí no me muevo hasta que me devuelvas lo que me robaste.

I'm not moving from here until you give me back what you stole from me.

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)

No tuve más alternativa que hacer lo que me pedía.

I had no alternative but to do what he asked.

Si eres tan vanidoso, devuélveme lo que me gasté en ti.

If you're so vain, pay me back what I spent on you.

— Devdas (2002)

Pediré lo que me parezca.

I'll ask for whatever I feel like.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)

Quiero ver lo que me ofrecen.

I want to see what they have to offer.

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Porque no me gritas de nuevo lo que me gritaste antes?

Why don’t you shout at me again what you shouted at me before?

— Relatos salvajes (2014)

Puedo hacer lo que me plazca.

I can do whatever I please.

Temo que lo que me ocurrió sea tan solo el comienzo.

I fear that what happened to me is only the beginning.

— Solaris (1972)

Lo que me fastidia no es lo que dice sino la manera en que lo dice.

What bothers me isn’t what he says but the way he says it.

Les dije lo que me vino a la cabeza.

I told them what came to my mind.

Pregunta lo que me viniste a preguntar.

Ask me what you came to ask.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Recuerdo lo que me contaste.

I remember what you told me.

Le daré lo que me pida.

I will give him whatever he asks for.

Lo que me ocurrió.

What happened to me.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)