luego luego

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ealtes

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Saltillo, MX
English--Florida/Spanish--Saltillo, MX
I have heard this phrase several times, and can't seem to understand exactly what it means. If anybody else knows, that would be very helpful.

I heard it for the first time when I was working building a house with a several construction workers. We were talking about a certain job, and he said, "Lo hago luego luego". I've heard him use the phrase several times. I think maybe it just means approximately "A little later on" but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?
 
    • Hi ealtes!

    "Luego luego" is normally used when someone asks you to do something, but you don't want to do it. So "luego luego" is like an excuse which means "I'll do it later" when you're procrastinating. I think you'll only find this phrase in this context. Good luck!
     
    anlamara said:
    Hi ealtes!

    "Luego luego" is normally used when someone asks you to do something, but you don't want to do it. So "luego luego" is like an excuse which means "I'll do it later" when you're procrastinating. I think you'll only find this phrase in this context. Good luck!
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    Ok thanks. That's helpful and makes sense.
     
    zumac said:
    "Luego luego" means "right away", but not necessarily immediately.

    Saludos.
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    That's right. I hear it all the time here in Southern California used by people from Mexico, although I did think it meant "immediately". But I do defer to zumac.
     
    ealtes said:
    Ok thanks. That's helpful and makes sense.
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    anlamara said:
    Hi ealtes!

    "Luego luego" is normally used when someone asks you to do something, but you don't want to do it. So "luego luego" is like an excuse which means "I'll do it later" when you're procrastinating. I think you'll only find this phrase in this context. Good luck!
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    I don't agree with this meaning, when a mexican try to use a excuse for not doing something in the moment somebody is asking for, we usually use "ahorita".

    "luego, luego" is for accepting to do it in the moment.
     
    gcalles said:
    I don't agree with this meaning, when a mexican try to use a excuse for not doing something in the moment somebody is asking for, we usually use "ahorita".

    "luego, luego" is for accepting to do it in the moment.
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    Absolutely right, Gcalles.

    Another example is: "La ambulancia llegó luego luego."
    The ambulance arrived right away.

    Another: "¿Donde está Pepe? No sé, se fué luego luego."
    Where's Pepe? I don't know, he left right away.

    Saludos.
     
    Ok, so in Latinamerica "luego, luego" means "very quickly". However, the meaning in Spain is quite different, something like "I'll do it later, because I don't want to do it right now".
     
    anlamara, it's not "luego comma luego", it's luego luego. And when you hear it, it sounds like "luegoluego". I never heard it in Spain, nor in South America. Ealtes, who generated this thread is asking from Saltillo, Mexico. Zumac and gcalles are in Mexico and explaining exactly what it means.
     
    I just thought of another use of "luego luego".
    Example:
    ¿Donde hay una farmacia?
    Hay una en esta calle luego luego.

    Here, the term indicates that the drugstore is close by in both distance and time. When I hear this, I take it more as meaning a short distance.

    Saludos.
     
    It means "In a moment". And it can also be used geographically, as in "The pharmacy is at the corner luego luego" as in "right there".
     
    ealtes said:
    I have heard this phrase several times, and can't seem to understand exactly what it means. If anybody else knows, that would be very helpful.

    I heard it for the first time when I was working building a house with a several construction workers. We were talking about a certain job, and he said, "Lo hago luego luego". I've heard him use the phrase several times. I think maybe it just means approximately "A little later on" but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?
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    Definitely means "right away". I used to think luego meant later but that's what was confusing me. It's kinda like when you ask someone "can you do the dishes?" and they say "soon...". It's like saying later because they're not doing it immediately. But if you tell them "soon, soon" it's like you want them to do it sooner-like on the double.
     
    luego luego
    I think I understand, this is used in Mexico, and
    When people talk about time, it means "right away"
    When people talk about distance, it means "very close"

    but if i'm talking about distance, single luego means close, double luego means very close, right?
     
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    Yo soy mexicano, pero no uso el "luego luego". Eso me confunde. Es una expresión más del centro y/o norte del país.
     
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    In English we say, "right now right now?" meaning "immediately?" or "at this very moment?"
     
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