...falta mucho... - we/ you still have a long way to go ( translation glossary) Regular or street language (informal),Linguistics,

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Spanish term or phrase:	...falta mucho...
English translation:	we/ you still have a long way to go
Entered by:	Cecilia Della Croce

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7:39pm May 3, 2005

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Linguistics / Regular or street language (informal)

Spanish term or phrase: ...falta mucho...

Estoy buscando una sencilla expresión para esta frase española...

FALTA MUCHO para cumplir con tus tareas.
FALTA MUCHO para que seas campeón.
FALTA MUCHO para que lleguemos a Santa Fe, hijo...

Etc. Muchísimas gracias.

Gabriel Aramburo Siegert

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Questions: 530 (4 open)
Answers: 2994

Colombia

we/ you still have a long way to go

Explanation:
hth

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Note added at 2005-05-08 14:36:27 (GMT) Post-grading
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de nada y saludos, Gabriel

Selected response from:

Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina

Note from asker to answerer

Mil gracias Ceci, igual que a todos los demás.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +11

we/ you still have a long way to go

Cecilia Della Croce

It is a long way

mar52

It takes a lot...

Maida Kojic-McAndrew

long way off

katrinarozel

...it'll be a long time...

Lucy Phillips

short a lot (ver nota)

Silvia Browne

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

we/ you still have a long way to go

Explanation:
hth

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Note added at 2005-05-08 14:36:27 (GMT) Post-grading
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de nada y saludos, Gabriel

Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Note from asker to answerer

Mil gracias Ceci, igual que a todos los demás.

4 mins confidence:

It is a long way

Explanation:
Could be.

mar52
Argentina
Native speaker of:

Spanish

1 hr confidence:

...it'll be a long time...

Explanation:
It'll be a long time before you finish your chores.
It'll be a long time before you're champion.
It'll be a long time before we get to Santa Fe,...

Another option, though I also like 'you've got a long way to go' etc.

Lucy Phillips
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

short a lot (ver nota)

Explanation:
Aunque creo que depende del contexto... short a lot es 'colloquial'
Suerte
Sylvia

Silvia Browne
Argentina
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

10 hrs confidence:

It takes a lot...

Explanation:
It takes a lot of time to finish your chores.
It takes a lot of effort to become a champion.
It takes a lot of time to arrive to Santa Fe, my son...

Maida Kojic-McAndrew
Pakistan
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Serbo-Croat,

Bosnian

14 hrs confidence:

long way off

Explanation:
FALTA MUCHO para cumplir con tus tareas. you re a long way off finishing your work
FALTA MUCHO para que seas campeón. you re a long way off becoming champion
FALTA MUCHO para que lleguemos a Santa Fe, hijo... we^re still a long way off Santa Fe, son.
I m a British English Speaker and this is the most natural expression for us to use in these situation.

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Note added at 14 hrs 46 mins (2005-05-04 10:25:46 GMT)
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es la forma más natural en el íngles de Gran Bretaña. fija, si se puede usar un Phrasal Verb en una frase en vez de un verbo normal, siempre será lo que los nativos usamos más. good luck.

katrinarozel
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

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Spanish: ...falta mucho...

English translation: we/ you still have a long way to go