- quedarse sin
- v.1 to miss the opportunity to, to lose the chance to.María se quedó sin ver a su ídolo Mary missed the opportunity to see her idol.2 to run out of, to go short of, to lack, to be out of.Nos quedamos sin gasolina We ran out of gasoline.3 to be left without, to be left alone without.Nos quedamos sin dinero We were left alone without money.* * *(v.) = run + short (of), miss out on, run out of, run outEx. The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.Ex. The author regrets the struggle which Greco-Roman studies have to survive in the USA arguing that US students miss out on understanding the origins of much of their culture and government.Ex. The philosophy of science lacks a time dimension and seems to have run out of language to cope with all the abstractions needed.Ex. He continued writing for two years until his ink ran out.* * *(v.) = run + short (of), miss out on, run out of, run out
Ex: The arguments are well known but we must realise that there was a very real fear that society would run short of manual labour = Los argumentos son bien conocidos pero debemos darnos cuenta de que había existía un miedo real de que la sociedad se quedase sin mano de obra.
Ex: The author regrets the struggle which Greco-Roman studies have to survive in the USA arguing that US students miss out on understanding the origins of much of their culture and government.Ex: The philosophy of science lacks a time dimension and seems to have run out of language to cope with all the abstractions needed.Ex: He continued writing for two years until his ink ran out.
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.