translate 'i was late because.......'

Question

I was wondering how to say in spanish, 'I was late because the bus broke down and i had to wait for another' Is the following translation correct... Llegué tarde porque el autobús rompió y tuve que esperar para otro'

If in Spain, go with avería.. - annierats, Oct 5, 2014

Answer 1

Llegué tarde porque el autobús se descompuso y tuve que esperar otro.

Thanks, just out of interest could you also say, 'pero el autobus tuvo una averia' ?? - hellojoco, Oct 5, 2014

You could but it´s not common and you would say "se lo pasó una avería al autobús" - 005faa61, Oct 5, 2014

se lo pasó????????????? - chileno, Oct 5, 2014

In Spai everithing has averias todo el tiempo, it is the most common of all mishaps.. - annierats, Oct 5, 2014

When there is a powercut i'ts una averia..Any breakdown of anything.. - annierats, Oct 5, 2014

Wow JC - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 5, 2014

Chileno noticed my "letter problem" Ha ha! Of course it should be "le" and not "lo" for the indirect object - 005faa61, Oct 6, 2014

Answer 2

El autobús tuvo una avería y por eso llegué con retraso. Tuve que esperar otro autobús. Lo siento.

:) - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 5, 2014

:) - FELIZ77, Oct 5, 2014

Answer 3

Almost there:

Llegué tarde porque el autobús se echó a perder y tuve que esperar por otro

Thanks, just out of interest could you also say, 'pero el autobus tuvo una averia' ?? - hellojoco, Oct 5, 2014

Yes, you can also say that. good! - chileno, Oct 5, 2014

or ....se averió. - chileno, Oct 5, 2014

wow - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 5, 2014