How is the phrase algo tiene que estar mal translated from Spanish to English

English translation
There’s gotta be something wrong
phrase

Manera informal de decir que debe de haber un fallo.

An informal way to say a fault must exist.

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  • Algo tiene que estar mal en esto. — There's gotta be something wrong with it.

  • Si la luz sigue parpadeando, algo tiene que estar mal. — If the light keeps blinking, there's gotta be something wrong.

  • No paraba de decir que algo tenía que estar mal. — She kept saying there's gotta be something wrong.

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