How do you translate, "we are experiencing a power outage"?
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How do you translate, "we are experiencing a power outage"?
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updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by tonrun6466
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" Tenemos un corte de energía" or in México, in a very colloquial way " nos cortaron la luz", or "no tenemos luz".
updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by pacofinkler
Igual se dice "tenemos un apagón" - 005faa61, Feb 2, 2011
I agree JulianChivi. - pacofinkler, Feb 2, 2011
Yes, "agagón" when it's an outage' "corte" when it's an intentional stoppage of service - mountaingirl123, Feb 2, 2011
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Look at Paco´s post. This is how it is said. We don´t say "experimentando..." because this situation is not an experiment. The word for word translation here makes no sense.
updated Mar 25, 2015
posted by 005faa61
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Ehhhh¿Quién apagó la luz?
Uhhh, Who turned out de lights?
(just having some fun with this 
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updated Mar 26, 2015
edited by Daniela2041
posted by Daniela2041
I made the same mistake as Cici. I should have looked at the dates. Duh!! - Daniela2041, Mar 26, 2015
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Estamos experiensando un corta de energia O Estamos experiensando un corta de luz.
updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by ceci123
Why did you post on this thread from 2011 - much better to post your own new thread. - ian-hill, Mar 25, 2015
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experimentamos un apagón
updated Mar 25, 2015
posted by nicolester
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I think it's: "Nosotros experimentando un corta de energia". I'm not very good at Spanish, but I think this is it. I hope this helps!
updated Mar 25, 2015
posted by CheeseLover
(Nosotros) estamos sufriendo ... (you need a conjugated verb) - samdie, Feb 2, 2011
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se cortó la luz
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nos cortaron la luz
updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by Rey_Mysterio
Exceso de pago? :) - chileno, Mar 26, 2015
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La tormenta nos quedó sin luz.
updated Mar 26, 2015
posted by gringojrf
... nos dejó... - chileno, Mar 26, 2015
