English Experts

por **Betty V** » 11 Nov 2009, 10:21

Olá,
Como digo em inglês "faltou luz" ? Ex: Faltou luz no Rio de Janeiro por duas horas.
Thanks!!

por **Flavia.lm** » 11 Nov 2009, 10:37

Hi Betty

The electricity went off in RJ for two hours.

If referring to what happened yesterday, you can say that We had a blackout in Brazil.

Read more at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/no ... its-brazil

por **donay mendonça** » 11 Nov 2009, 11:04

Olá Pessoal,

Mais sugestões:

There was no electricity in Rio for two hours.

The power was off for two hours in Rio.

Boa sorte!

por **razevedo** » 11 Nov 2009, 13:07

I think the power went out ir correct too..

hugs

por **Breckenfeld** » 12 Nov 2009, 08:18

My suggestion:

We had a power outage for two hours in Rio last night.

Bye!

por **vinicius.silva** » 12 Nov 2009, 12:00

That was pretty convenient, lol...

And "they" are blaming St. Peter for the national power cut... poor guy! :cry:

por **andremamp** » 24 Nov 2009, 23:11

run out
one more eg.
Rio de Janeiro ran out electricity/power for 2 hours.

por **pondedaniel** » 24 Nov 2009, 23:43

the eletricity went off

Take care

Daniel

por **andremamp** » 25 Nov 2009, 00:24

andremamp escreveu:run out
one more eg.
Rio de Janeiro ran out electricity/power for 2 hours.

Sorry, I forgot to put the preposition.
this case is run out of...

por **MichelGP** » 26 Nov 2009, 15:11

The light went out in Rio de Janeiro for two hours last night.

Como dizer "Faltou luz" em inglês