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How to Say ‘It loses signal’ in Spain Spanish

Se queda sin cobertura

seh KEH-dah seen koh-behr-TOO-rah

[seh KEH-dah seen koh-behr-TOO-rah]

💬 Usage Tip: quedarse sin means "to run out of" or "end up without": me he quedado sin batería "my battery's died".

Phrase Breakdown

Se queda

seh KEH-dah

It ends up

'Quedarse sin' means to run out of or lose something. Say 'seh KEH-dah'.

Example

Se queda sin batería.

It runs out of battery.

Words in this phrase

Se

[seh]

itself (reflexive)

Reflexive pronoun forming 'quedarse', meaning to end up in a state.

Example

El móvil se apaga solo.

The phone turns itself off.

queda

[KEH-dah]

is left / ends up

From 'quedarse': to remain or end up in a condition.

Example

La tienda se queda vacía.

The shop is left empty.

sin cobertura

seen koh-behr-TOO-rah

without signal

'Cobertura' means phone or network coverage. Say 'koh-ber-TOO-rah'.

Example

Aquí estoy sin cobertura.

I have no signal here.

Words in this phrase

sin

[seen]

without

In the absence of.

Example

No lo hagas sin permiso.

Don't do it without permission.

cobertura

[koh-behr-TOO-rah]

signal / coverage

Mobile network or data reception.

Example

Aquí no hay cobertura.

There's no signal here.

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