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    Default faltar....

    Spoken in Colombia, in response to being accused of something...


    " pero quedese cayado, porque ahora no le falte "


    It is unclear what this means to me. Can anyone help?

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    Default Re: faltar....

    be quiet, don't be rude now

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    Default Re: faltar....

    Thanks, but i sure do not understand how it translates into that ! ?

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    Default Re: faltar....

    pero quédese cayado: it's a wrong sentence: cayado should be callado --> quiet
    quédese is the imperative form of quedarse: remain, stay
    so the full sentence translates as : but remain in silence --> keep quiet or be quiet


    porque ahora no le falte: it's another wrong sentence. It could be: para que ahora no le falte or que ahora no le falte or no vaya a faltarle ahora or no le falte ahora.
    I have chosen the last option. So:
    faltar: to be rude to sbdy. So the sentence translates as: don't be rude now.

    faltar can also mean: to be scarce or lack of sth. In this case we'd have other quite different meaning: now keep quiet in order not to be scarce (in need, lack...) which I don't know if it makes any sense at all.

    I hope this helps.

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