How to Say ‘We've run out of the Colombian’ in Spain Spanish
El Colombia se nos ha acabado
ehl koh-LOHM-bee-ah seh nohs a ah-kah-BAH-doh
[ehl koh-LOHM-bee-ah seh nohs a ah-kah-BAH-doh]
💬 Usage Tip: se nos ha acabado puts it as though the coffee ran out on them, with nos "on us" as the ones affected. Swap the person: se me ha acabado "I've run out".
Phrase Breakdown
El Colombia
ehl koh-LOHM-bee-ah
The Colombian (coffee)
'El' agrees with the implied 'café'. Link the words together: el-co-LOM-bia.
El Colombia está muy rico.
The Colombian is very tasty.
Words in this phrase
El
[ehl]
the
A definite article used before a masculine singular noun.
«El» ambiente en la oficina es agradable.
The atmosphere in the office is pleasant.
Colombia
[koh-LOHM-bee-ah]
Colombia
A country in South America known for its coffee.
El café de Colombia es famoso.
Colombian coffee is famous.
se nos ha acabado
seh nohs a ah-kah-BAH-doh
we've run out of
'Se nos' shows something ran out on us. 'Nos ha' blends into 'no-sa'. Stress a-ca-BA-do.
Se nos ha acabado el pan.
We've run out of bread.
Words in this phrase
se
[seh]
(reflexive particle)
Used with acabarse to mean something ran out.
Se acabó la leche.
The milk ran out.
nos
[nohs]
to us
Indirect object pronoun showing that something suits us.
Nos viene muy bien esa mesa.
That table suits us very well.
ha
[a]
has
Auxiliary verb used to form the present perfect tense.
Él ha terminado su tarea.
He has finished his homework.
acabado
[ah-kah-BAH-doh]
run out / finished
Past participle of acabar; with se, ran out.
Se ha acabado el pan.
The bread has run out.
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