nos falaron dos palabras
these are lyrics but i can't find the word "falaron" anywhere. what does it mean'
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Hi Criss. Would "nos fallaron dos palabras" be translated to "we missed two words"? I think using past tense should be better than using past progressive tense. What do you think?
Marco
"Nos fallaron dos palabras" is more like "two words failed to us". This does not make to much sense. I think it is "nos faltaron dos palabras" - We were missing two words
It is "Nos fallaron dos palabras" ("We were missing two words / we needed two more words"). If I remember correctly, it's about a relationship that ended, but could have been saved if one or the other had apologized ( = had said, "Lo siento").
It's a song title by Aleks Syntek. I haven't translated it well enough to figure out the combination thing but that sounds like it's the answer. Thanks!
Perhaps the song-writer is being creative? Can you think of two words which the song-writer could have put together to make a new word?
I know of a British song-writer who frequently does that. An example would be "Nocturnity," which would be a combination of nocturnal and eternity, which together is a rather cool word for "endless night" or "forever night."
Perhaps with some of the context of the song, we could give you a better answer, Bridget.
Yes, either faltar or fallar (double click on them)
I think you mean fallaron. Which means missing. We were missing two words. Or failed. Two words failed us.
