Usages of perder
Los pasajeros habían perdido el transbordo por el retraso.
The passengers had missed the transfer because of the delay.
Ella reclamó la compensación porque ya había perdido el transbordo.
She claimed the compensation because she had already missed the connection.
Ayer fue un día horrible: en primer lugar, perdí el tren.
Yesterday was a horrible day: first of all, I missed the train.
Hoy la espera ha sido pésima y encima hemos perdido el tren.
Today the wait has been awful, and on top of that we have missed the train.
Hemos perdido el tren. En fin, cogeremos el siguiente.
We've missed the train. Oh well, we'll catch the next one.
¡Corre, corre, que perdemos el tren!
Run, run, we're going to miss the train!
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