How do you say "Three days left"?

Question

Or "Three days to go"? The three translation from those engines are too different...just wondering what is the common way to say it.

Answer 1

I would say - Sólo quedan tres (3) días.

It is quite common to use the verb "quedar" here.

A lot of people are saying the same 3,530,000 results for sólo quedan 3 días:

Another option is - Sólo faltan tres (3) días.

1,730,000 results for sólo faltan 3 días:

Answer 2

La_poetisa's suggestion is the most common, as well as "Sólo faltan tres días (más)."

Haha.. I was just adding that one. After I posted it, I saw you had as well. It gets my vote. - NikkiLR, Aug 25, 2010

Touché, and yours gets mine - 005faa61, Aug 25, 2010

Answer 3

why ´solo¨...?? that´s a subjective point of view. It could be ¨todavía faltan 3 días¨.

3 days left is just ´faltan tres días´, ´restan tres días´ o ´quedan tres días´.

any other word would express the speaker´s assesment of that period of time. Maybe only 3 days left, just 3 days left, 3 long days left...

"Sólo" is very common in this phrase, at least in Mexico, and it simply adds emphisis. Yes, you could say it without "solo." If 3 days is being considered a lot of time, then you could use "todavía" or "aun" - 005faa61, Aug 25, 2010

Only 3 days left or Still 3 days left. Is the glass half full or half empty? :-) - KevinB, Aug 25, 2010

I have to agree with JulianChivis. I live in Mexico, and that is just the way I hear it. If I were to say the phrase without "sólo", it just would not seem complete to me. - NikkiLR, Aug 25, 2010

Usually they're trying to entice you into going to the sale by warning you that time is running out - "Only 3 days left!" - KevinB, Aug 25, 2010

i undesrtand, but I was having in mind the original question. And it wasn´t ´ just 3 days left´. So... (Only) 3 days left = (Sólo) restan an tres tres días - mediterrunio, Aug 27, 2010

Answer 4

I would go with ..tres días restantes.

Como....hay tres días restantes.

         there are three days left (remaining).

"Restantes" :D - NikkiLR, Aug 25, 2010

Aye, que feo Mateo...gracias. - MattM, Aug 25, 2010

Answer 5

Tres dias mas Literally "three more days"

That's the easiest one to remember! - JoyceM, Aug 25, 2010

yup! : ) - chica_rica, Aug 25, 2010

Answer 6

This thread is reminding me that I have " diez dias mas" of my summer holiday and then my leisure time will be over for a while. It has been a fun and relaxing summer with lots of time for SD.