ya veremos, dijo el ciego: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  General Spanishneutral
  • Literally, the phrase 'we'll see,' said the blind man; a quoted utterance with no idiomatic implication when taken at face value.

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  • —¿Crees que lloverá mañana? —Ya veremos, dijo el ciego.

    —Do you think it will rain tomorrow? —We'll see, said the blind man.

  • Cuando le preguntaron si terminaría el proyecto a tiempo, respondió: 'Ya veremos, dijo el ciego.'

    When they asked him if he would finish the project on time, he answered: 'We'll see, said the blind man.'

  • Mi abuelo siempre decía 'Ya veremos, dijo el ciego' cuando no estaba seguro de algo.

    My grandfather always said 'We'll see, said the blind man' when he wasn't sure about something.

  • Le pregunté si vendría a la fiesta y me contestó con un 'Ya veremos, dijo el ciego.'

    I asked him if he would come to the party and he answered me with a 'We'll see, said the blind man.'

• 2.

  SpainLatin AmericaGeneral Spanishcolloquialironicalinformal
  • Figuratively, an ironic or skeptical retort meaning 'we'll see' while implying doubt, disbelief, or that the stated outcome is unlikely to occur.

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  • —Dicen que ese nuevo método funciona a la perfección. —Ya veremos, dijo el ciego.

    —They say that new method works perfectly. —We'll see, said the blind man.

  • Me prometió que llegaría temprano, pero yo sólo pensé, 'Ya veremos, dijo el ciego.'

    He promised me he'd arrive early, but I just thought, 'We'll see, said the blind man.'

  • Cuando el político aseguró que bajaría los impuestos, respondí: 'Ya veremos, dijo el ciego.'

    When the politician assured that he would lower taxes, I replied: 'We'll see, said the blind man.'