O sea...

I mean... / That is to say...

Formula

O sea (que) + clarification

Use for

Clarifying Rephrasing casually Correcting yourself

Examples

Llego a las nueve, o sea, en una hora.	I'm arriving at nine, that is, in an hour.
O sea, que no vienes.	So, you're not coming.
No me cae mal, o sea, no lo conozco tanto.	I don't dislike him, I mean, I don't know him that well.
O sea que al final todo salió bien.	So in the end everything turned out fine.
Es, o sea, complicado de explicar.	It's, well, complicated to explain.

Swap words

O sea... _____

es decir vamos total, que

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Common mistake

❌ Oseá que no vienes.

✅ O sea que no vienes.

"O sea" is always written as two separate words, never joined together.

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