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how do you say the power went out

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how do you say the power went out

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updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by spanishstudiente
Please use proper capitalization and punctuation. Thank you! - sanlee, Dec 11, 2011

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This happened to me once in Chile and someone yelled, "Se fue la luz!" Just as we say "power" as a synonym for electricity, they can say "luz".

updated Dec 12, 2011
posted by Luzbonita
Yes! :) - chileno, Dec 11, 2011
I'll never forget it because I'm pretty sure my hair dryer from Gringolandia caused the outage! - Luzbonita, Dec 11, 2011
Típico! ;-) - chileno, Dec 11, 2011
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Welcome to the forum. La electricidad se apagó is one way.

updated Dec 11, 2011
posted by KevinB