Phrase · 📜 Proverbs and sayings
A falta de pan, buenas son tortas.
Half a loaf is better than none.
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Why every word is where it is
Aprepositionto, atfalta1nounlack; (a falta de) for want offem. · sing.deprepositionof, frompannounbreadmasc. · sing.,buenas2adjectivegoodbueno · fem. · pl.sonverbareser · present · 3rd pl.tortasnounflat cakes, flatbreadstorta · fem. · pl..
- buenas → tortas: f. pl.
- son → tortas: subject
Word for word: “When there is no bread, flatbreads are good.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Meaning: when you can't have what you want, make do with what there is.
- 2The adjective comes first for emphasis and agrees with tortas.