"How much longer do I have to stay here?"

Spanish translation: ¿Cuánto tiempo más me tengo que quedar aquí?

00:50 Jul 11, 2012

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: "How much longer do I have to stay here?"

I am not a Spanish translator, but in my text I have one line in Spanish that I need to confirm whether it is correct. The context is a man who is from *Spain* who has just woken up from a coma in the hospital, and he is asking the person he doesn't recognize standing next to his hospital bed "How much longer do I have to stay here?" I have come up with a couple of possibilities, but I need help confirming which would sound most correct (or perhaps another wording all together):

¿Por cuánto tiempo me tengo que quedar aquí?
¿Por cuánto me tengo que quedar aquí?
¿Cuánto tiempo me tengo que quedar aquí?
¿Hasta cúando me tengo que quedar aquí?

I would appreciate any explanation you can provide to help guide the copy editor as well. Thanks in advance!

yieto

Spanish translation:¿Cuánto tiempo más me tengo que quedar aquí?

Explanation:
Tal cual. Creo que así no falta ni sobra nada.

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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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5 +10

¿Cuánto tiempo más me tengo que quedar aquí?

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)

5 +1

¿cuánto más debo quedarme?

Wolf617

4 +2

¿Hasta cuándo me tengo que quedar aquí?

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

¿Hasta cuándo voy a tener que quedarme/estar aquí?

Elizabet Alarcón

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22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

"how much longer do i have to stay here?"

¿Cuánto tiempo más me tengo que quedar aquí?

Explanation:
Tal cual. Creo que así no falta ni sobra nada.

Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 03:51
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 88

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

"how much longer do i have to stay here?" ¿cuánto más debo quedarme?

Explanation:
Así lo diría yo.

En este tipo de construcción el uso de las palabras "tiempo" y "aquí" no son del todo necesarias, se sobreentienden del contexto.

Wolf617
Argentina
Local time: 06:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 44

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

"how much longer do i have to stay here?" ¿Hasta cuándo me tengo que quedar aquí?

Explanation:
Your last option sounds most natural.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 11:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 1766

8 days confidence:

"how much longer do i have to stay here?" ¿Hasta cuándo voy a tener que quedarme/estar aquí?

Explanation:
Creo que suena muy natural y de adapta bien a lo que quiere decir el paciente.

Elizabet Alarcón
Spain
Local time: 11:51
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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