¿A qué viene ahora esa pregunta?
Grammar & Usage
How it works
This interrogative sentence is built on the idiomatic expression '¿A qué viene...?' (literally 'To what comes...?'), used to question the relevance, motive, or appropriateness of an action or statement. It combines the preposition 'a', the interrogative pronoun 'qué', the present indicative verb 'viene' (from 'venir'), the temporal adverb 'ahora', and the noun phrase 'esa pregunta'. It often conveys mild annoyance, defensiveness, or surprise.
Sample sentences
No entiendo a qué viene ahora esa pregunta, estábamos hablando de otra cosa.
I don't understand why you're asking that question now; we were talking about something else.
¿A qué viene ahora esa pregunta si ya lo habíamos decidido ayer?
What's the point of that question now if we had already decided yesterday?
Me sorprendió su tono cuando me soltó: «¿A qué viene ahora esa pregunta?».
I was surprised by their tone when they snapped at me: 'Where is that question coming from now?'.
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Example
No entiendo a qué viene ahora esa pregunta, estábamos hablando de otra cosa.
I don't understand why you're asking that question now; we were talking about something else.
¿A qué viene ahora esa pregunta si ya lo habíamos decidido ayer?
What's the point of that question now if we had already decided yesterday?
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