Saying sorry for missing a party

Question

I am trying to say, "Sorry we didn't make it to your celebration."

Is this correct? Lo sentimos no lo hacemos a tu celebración

Answer 1

Hi,

The translation is not correct because the meaning of the Spanish sentence has not any sense. But I don't understand what you want to say in English... Do you mean that you didn't make something like a cake or something like that? In that case, it would be: "Lo siento, no lo hicimos para tu celebración"

Make it 'to' is informal for unable to go to the party - can mean knew in advance were unable to attend or were prevented from going at the last minute. - Mardle, May 26, 2016

Actually title of the thread makes it clear. - Mardle, May 26, 2016

Thank you Mardle! This is the kind of things I need to learn! :P So, the translation would be "Lo sentimos, no pudimos ir a tu celebración", or "Lo sentimos por no poder ir a tu celebración" - jmora, May 26, 2016

You usually make it to somewhere. The traffic was so bad that he didn't make it to work on time. She made it to the airport with seconds to spare. - Mardle, May 26, 2016

You were thinking ' I bought you a cake. ,' 'Did you make it?' - Mardle, May 26, 2016

Thank you again Mardle! :) - jmora, May 26, 2016

De nada - Mardle, May 26, 2016

Answer 2

This is one of those highly idiomatic uses of "make" in English. What you mean to say Is: We're sorry we couldn't attend your party.

Sentimos no poder asistir a tu celebración.

Learning all the idiomatic uses of "to make" drove me nuts when I was learning English. - Daniela2041, May 26, 2016

I had already mentioned that to jmora in the comment section and he had revised his translation. - Mardle, May 26, 2016

Why wouldn't you need the "lo" before sentimos Daniela? - Ramonaspiker, May 27, 2016

Answer 3

Nos da pena que no pudimos asistir a la fiesta .............