Dios me libre

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdjos me ˈlibɾe/
  • Syllabification: Dios me li‧bre

Phrase

Dios me libre

  1. (idiomatic) God forbid
    Synonym: Dios no quiera
    • 1870, Vicente Fidel López, La novia del hereje o la Inquisición de Lima:
      -¡Calla, blasfemo!... ¿conque comparas a esa casa de prostitución y de crimen con la que es domus Dei?
      Dios me libre de tal maldad, Padre !
      "Quiet, you blasphemer!...Are you really comparing this house of prostitution and crime to the very domus Dei "?
      "God forbid such evilness, Father !"
    • 1914, Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla:
      ¿Me echa usted?
      –No, me defiendo. ¡No te echo, no! ¡Dios me libre! Si quieres me ire yo y te quedas aquí tú, para que veas que no te echo.
      "Are you throwing me out?"
      "No", I defended, "I'm not throwing you out, no! God forbid! If you want I'll go and you stay here, so you know I'm not throwing you out."
    • 1986, María Luisa de Luján Campos, Para que me lo guardes en secreto:
      Pero si se entera mi mamá de que ella ha sabido algo y yo no, Dios me libre, ¡qué cosas va a decirme!
      But if my mum finds out that she's known something and I haven't, God forbid! Imagine what she's going to tell me!
    • 2011, Darío G. González, Milonga:
      ¡Ah!, y si tiene inconveniente, quíteme lo de “doña” que hace muy vieja —dijo la señora, con rostro riente, mientras miraba a Vince.
      —Claro, Dios me libre de repetirlo.
      "Oh! Would you be so kind as to stop using "Ma'am" with me, it makes me seem old", said the lady, in a smiling face, while looking at Vince
      "Of course. God forbid I should use it again."