How do you say 'I don't mean it' in Spanish?

Answer 1

It depends on what you are trying to say.

If you mean to say, "I don't mean it" where "it" refers to an action or statement that was hurtful to someone else, "No es mi intención de hacerte daño." (Literally, "It is not my intention to hurt you.")

if you mean to say, "I don't mean it", where "it" refers to a concept that was conveyed incorrectly, "No es lo que quería decir." (Literally, "It is not what I wanted to say.)

If you mean to say, "I don't mean it" in the existential sense that something is not your internal definition (see below conversation), the translation would be: "No lo significo."

Person 1: Do you see yourself as a representation of an ox.

Person 2: Yes, but the definition of who I am and the definition of what an ox is are different. My meaning is not the same as an ox's. I don't mean it.