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jellybabe
February 11, 2014, 07:05 AM
¿Me podéis corregir?


"We had to wait until the man came to start the car"
"Teníamos que esperar hasta que vinó el hombre para empezar el coche"

"It's posible that we left a door open over night and it made the battery die"
"Es possible que dejaramos una puerta abierta durante la noche y eso "made the battery die"?????

"The kids got in the car before me this morning so I didn't notice"
"Los niños subieron el coche antes de yo esta mañana así que no me fijé"

"We've got a flat battery"
"La batería se ha agotado"

Elaina
February 11, 2014, 11:25 AM
Hi!

My version...........

Tuvimos que esperar hasta que llegara el hombre.

Es posible que hayamos dejado una puerta abierta toda la noche y eso causó que se muriera la pila/batería del coche.

Los niños subieron al coche antes que yo asi que no me fijé.

Tenemos una bateria/pila muerta.

;)

AngelicaDeAlquezar
February 11, 2014, 02:11 PM
The idea of a "batería muerta" sounds very funny for a Mexican; I don't know if there's any other region where this image would be natural though.

We're much more likely to say:
- la batería se descargó
- una batería descargada


Edit: For a car we use "batería" in all cases, never "pila". :)

poli
February 11, 2014, 08:38 PM
Instead of empezar el coche you may want to say prender el coche.

I have a question about the word pila and when it's used. I always thought bateria was an anglicism easily substituted for pila everywhere.

AngelicaDeAlquezar
February 12, 2014, 09:21 AM
@Poli: You are right; we wouldn't say "empezar el choche".
Adding to your proposal, there is also "encender/arrancar/darle marcha al coche".

As for your question about "pila" and "batería", I think this other thread (http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?t=11393) will be useful. :)

Premium
February 12, 2014, 02:50 PM
We're much more likely to say:
- la batería se descargó
- una batería descargada


This also applies for phones, doesn't it? I seem to remember hearing it once or twice.

AngelicaDeAlquezar
February 12, 2014, 03:20 PM
Yes, we tend to use it for most batteries that can be recharged.

Also:
- una batería baja [almost out of energy]
- se (le) bajó la batería (al coche/teléfono) [it ran almost out of energy]
- se (le) acabó la batería (al coche/teléfono) [it ran out of energy]

jellybabe
February 13, 2014, 05:30 AM
¿Se puede decir..?

"No recibí tus mensajes porque se descargó la batería al movil"

"I didn't get your message because my phone had died" (run out of battery)

AngelicaDeAlquezar
February 14, 2014, 09:58 PM
Yes... "la batería del móvil". :)