Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Deja mucho qué desear
English translation:
leaves a lot to be desired
Spanish term
United States
Translations that Make Sense!!
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Deja mucho qué desear
se sienten tristes y solos. I use this phrase very much in Spanish,but don't know how to
translate it. Any suggestions?
May 3, 2011 16:54: Carol Gullidge changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Michele Fauble, philgoddard, Carol Gullidge
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Proposed translations
leaves a lot to be desired
There should not be an accent on "qué".
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Rachel Freeman
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Thanks, Rachel; sorry! :)
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Jaime Hyland
: Amazing that the literal translation works perfectly. I wonder is one or other language version originally a transliteration of the other!
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Thanks, Jaime. It happens like that sometimes, doesn't it? I don't know whether it's a calque or just a coincidence.
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Jenni Lukac (X)
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Many thanks, Jenni. Hope you had a good Easter.
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FVS (X)
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Many thanks, FVS
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Antoni Morey i Pasqual
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Many thanks, Antoni
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franglish
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Many thanks, franglish
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Muchas gracias :)
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Lisa McCarthy
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Many thanks, Lisa :)
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Thanks very much, gallagy. Hope you had a good Easter :)
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Erik Bry
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Many thanks, Erik :)
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Victoria Frazier
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Thanks very much, Victoria :)
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eski
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Thanks a lot, eski. Saludos :)
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Because your words matter
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
leaves a lot to be desired
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/leave+a+lot+to+be+desired
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/leave+a+lot+to+be+desired
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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leaves much to be desired
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Note added at 44 mins (2011-05-03 07:30:50 GMT)
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Psychological testing: an introduction - Google Books Result
George Domino, Marla L. Domino - 2006 - Psychology - 640 pages
... form A that are related to reading, language arts, and social science. ... a stability- over-time perspective, the SOI-LA leaves much to be desired. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0521861810...
UC Riverside - Davis Wiki
... which like Irvine, leaves much to be desired in the social scene on the weekends. ... College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ...
daviswiki.org/UC_Riverside - Cached - Similar
The Ottoman Empire: a short history - Google Books Result
Suraiya Faroqhi - 2008 - History - 196 pages
... humanities and social sciences in many European countries has induced quite a ... with which we treat our sources often still leaves much to be desired. ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1558764496...
University of Liverpool - The Student Room
Halls with the best social life in Liverpool Uni? ..... the majority of buildings on the pure sciences campus leave much to be desired, they were more built ...
www.thestudentroom.co.uk › ... › University Guides - Cached - Simila
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Wendy Streitparth
: Stylistically, imo, the better version
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Thank you!
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polyglot45
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Thank you!
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Jim Tucker (X)
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Thank you!
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Lisa McCarthy
: Also valid
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Thank you!
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Linda Grabner
: This would be the better choice for more formal situations; "a lot" is better for more colloquial ones
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Discussion
Saludos,
Laura
- is (still) far from satisfactory
- is less than perfect