Paraguayan Guarani→English

Translate Paraguayan Guarani to English the way locals mean it.

Paraguayan Guarani speakers often soften commands, mark ongoing actions, and mix in Spanish forms in ways a textbook reader may take too literally.

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What locals actually say

Ha upéi, mba'éichapa la nde día?

So, how's your day going?

Ha upéi literally means “and afterward,” but it works as a casual conversational opener, while la nde día is everyday jopara for “your day,” not formal Guarani.

Ejúna, ikatúramo, che ra'a.

Come by if you can, bro.

The ending -na softens an imperative into a friendly request, and che ra'a is a familiar vocative meaning “bro” or “friend,” not literally “my friend” in this context.

Ndaipóri ni peteĩ guaraní.

I'm completely broke.

Guaraní here refers to the Paraguayan currency, and ni peteĩ means “not even one,” so the sentence means having no money at all, not that the Guarani language is absent.

Ko mbeju haku porãite, e'u katu.

This mbeju is nice and hot, go ahead and eat.

Mbeju is a Paraguayan staple made from starch and cheese, so keeping the local food name signals Paraguayan cuisine.

Che membykuéra oĩ hína escuela-pe.

My kids are at school right now.

The locative suffix -pe is attached to the Spanish loan escuela, a common jopara construction that signals everyday Paraguayan speech.

Atermina vove ko informe, amondóta ndéve.

When I finish this report, I’ll send it to you.

Vove marks an anticipated when clause, while the Guarani prefixes and future suffix attach to the Spanish loan termina, signaling colloquial jopara.

Ko árape ro'yeterei, ejagarra nde abrígo.

It’s freezing today, grab your coat.

Ejagarra combines the Guarani imperative prefix e- with the Spanish loan agarrar, and abrígo is a typical jopara borrowing for casual Paraguayan speech.

Ndavy'ái la ko'ág̃a.

I’m feeling down right now.

La is a Paraguayan jopara discourse marker used for topical or emphatic focus, while the nda...i construction marks the negative feeling.

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How Paraguayan Guarani differs

Paraguayan Guarani; everyday jopara (Guarani-Spanish mix) for casual register, pure Guarani for formal text.

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