Una vida se van a quedar.

Question

Hello there,

In the movie, there are two guys sitting in a car and looking at a woman crying desperately, who just may have lost his her son, and embracing a man. One of the guys says the other:

"Van a estar hasta mañana acá. Una vida se van a quedar."

What does the second phrase exactly mean?
Is it something like "They will wait him for their entire lives."?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

i think may you meant to write "lost her son".

You're close on the translation. I see it as "They're going to be here until tomorrow... spend their whole life."

The second part wasn't meant literally by the speaker. It's more like to emphasize that it's going to be a long time before they leave.

Either that, or they're on a very large planet where the days are very long.

Yes, "lost her son". Sorry. :) No matter how long I've been learning English, I still do the same mistake over and over. :D Because of inattention, I guess. - AndréYuhai, Jul 24, 2017

Answer 2

PorFavorDama:

I don't think I have ever done this before, but I want to post an answer to your question which is not really an answer, but only a compliment.

You did a fantastic job of providing context for you question:

1. By a written description of what was going on at the time that the sentence occurred.

2. By taking a guess at the meaning. This can often provide even more context, because you are the one who has been watching the entire movie. This gives your "guess" some additional weight to consider.

I notice you have over 5000 reputation points so I am not surprised that you know how to ask a great question around here. I wish everyone would do the same. It makes it so much easier to provide help.

Haha! And yes, noone had ever made such a compliment for me either. This literally made my day and cheered me up! :) Thank you so much for being so kind and supportive. - AndréYuhai, Jul 24, 2017

I second Dilken's comment. You did an excellent job. Your question was most succinct and easy for me to answer because of the background. "No one". - DonBigoteDeLaLancha, Jul 24, 2017

Thank you so much both, again and again. :) - AndréYuhai, Jul 25, 2017

Answer 3

"Van a estar hasta mañana acá. Una vida se van a quedar."

Literally it could be forever but it really means "for a long, long time." In this case "hasta mañana" or up until tomorrow. Long houirs.

Thank you. :) - AndréYuhai, Jul 25, 2017