There are
different words and expressions you can use in English to translate the Spanish
verb “faltar”.
Choose from the ones below and translate the following
sentences.
To need to lack to be short of to
be missing
There’s no
need it’s only it’s
nearly/almost
- Faltan unos minutos para el comienzo del partido.
- ¿Puede abrirme la puerta, por favor? – No faltaba más.
- Faltaban tres libros de la biblioteca.
- Falta poco para las ocho.
- A esta novela le falta originalidad.
- Queríamos jugar al balonmano pero nos faltaban jugadores.
- Nos falta tiempo para acabar el trabajo.
- Lo que me faltaba. Y ahora, ¿qué voy a hacer?
- No hace falta decirle lo que tiene que hacer.
- Me faltan dos más para completar la serie.
Key
- It’s only a few minutes till the start of the match.
- Could you open the door for me, please? – Of course / Sure / Certainly.
- There were three books missing from the library.
- It’s nearly /almost eight.
- This novel lacks originality.
- We wanted to play handball but we were short of players.
- We lack the time to finish the work.
- That’s all I needed. And now, what am I going to do?
- There’s no need to tell him what to do.
- I need two more to make up the series.
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