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deja mucho que desear

English translation: Falls short of our expectations

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Spanish term or phrase:deja mucho que desear
English translation:Falls short of our expectations
Entered by: rhandler

14:13 Jul 7, 2002
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: deja mucho que desear
Esta actitud poco profesional deja mucho que desear
Elías Sauza
Mexico
Local time: 08:07
Falls short of our expectations
Explanation:
This is the usual expression in English

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Note added at 2002-07-07 14:35:59 (GMT)
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Thank you, Rubén de La Fuente. I made a slight change in the former sentence, as suggested by Endre Both. Thank you, Endre.
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rhandler
Local time: 11:07
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos. Las dos respuestas son expresiones usuales y correctas. Desafortunadamente se tiene que optar por una.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9leaves a lot to be desired
Sheila Hardie
5 +3Falls short of our expectations
rhandler
5 +1leaves much to be desired
rvillaronga
4leaves a lot to be desired.
Rosa Garcia


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
leaves a lot to be desired


Explanation:
HTH


Sheila

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 16:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1383

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Russell Gillis
0 min
  -> thanks, Russell:)
agree  luskie: leaves much to be desired?
1 min
  -> yes, that's good too. Thanks, luskie:)
agree  Marian Greenfield: I prefer much
2 mins
  -> yes, I think much sounds great too:-)
agree  Florence Bremond
5 mins
  -> thanks, Florence:)
agree  Endre Both
5 mins
  -> thank you, Endre:)
agree  LoreAC (X)
14 mins
  -> thanks, LoreAC.)
agree  Lavinia Pirlog
16 mins
  -> thanks, Tweety:)
agree  Trudy Peters: leaves much
18 mins
  -> thanks, Trudy -yes, I think much might sound better too:)
agree  markaqui
24 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Falls short of our expectations


Explanation:
This is the usual expression in English

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Note added at 2002-07-07 14:35:59 (GMT)
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Thank you, Rubén de La Fuente. I made a slight change in the former sentence, as suggested by Endre Both. Thank you, Endre.

rhandler
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 1170
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos. Las dos respuestas son expresiones usuales y correctas. Desafortunadamente se tiene que optar por una.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lavinia Pirlog: I prefer this one, as this is a formal context...
4 mins
  -> Thank you, Tweety
agree  Antonio Villalobo
16 mins
  -> Thank you, Antonio
agree  Carolina Lopez Garcia
23 mins
  -> Thank you, Fainberg
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
leaves a lot to be desired.


Explanation:
That is how I wouldtranslate it.

Rosa Garcia
PRO pts in pair: 84
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
leaves much to be desired


Explanation:
The CORRECT translation into english is as sated above- Sorry, folks!

rvillaronga
United States
Local time: 09:07
PRO pts in pair: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Esther Hermida
1 hr
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