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Use of faltar

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Fui a caminar alrededor ( o quizas acerca is muy común) el nuevo barrio y por poco falta la lluvia.

I went running in my new neighbourhood and narrowly missed getting rained on.

Have I used faltar correctly in this sentence?

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updated Jan 30, 2012
posted by teasip

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I think "Fui a caminar por el nuevo barrio y faltó poco para que lloviera/empezara a llover/para que lloviera/para que nos lloviera" sounds better smile

updated Jan 30, 2012
posted by Cordobesa
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me faltan dos do'lares

updated Jan 30, 2012
posted by Rey_Mysterio
A mi también. - annierats, Jan 30, 2012
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Note, I'm not a native speaker.

I think evitar is the better choice here.

Caminó por el barrio y apenas evitó la lluvia / ser agarrado por la lluvia.

By the way I'm pretty confident about evitar, less so about "being rained on".

updated Jan 30, 2012
posted by Jeremias
Thanks jeremias evitar seems much better. - teasip, Jan 30, 2012
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Is this better?

Corrí por el barrio nuevo y apenas evité la lluvia

I went running in my new neighbourhood and narrowly missed getting rained on.

updated Jan 30, 2012
posted by teasip