Common Expressions - English to Spanish

COMMON EXPRESSIONS
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a little (of)	un poco de
a little sugar	un poco de azúcar
a little while ago	hace poco
a month ago	hace un mes
a month, per month	al mes
a week from today	de hoy en ocho días
a short while after ...	a poco de ...
a week from yesterday	de ayer en ocho días
a week, per week	a la semana
a year ago	hace un año
about the end of, around the end of	a fines de
about, around	a eso de
about, concerning	acerca de
above all, especially	sobre todo
across, through	a través de
again	de nuevo
again, another time, once more	otra vez
all of a sudden	de repente
all right, okay	está bien
all those that	todos cuantos
almost, nearly	por poco, un poco
along	a lo largo de
an hour ago	hace una hora
and as if that were not enough ...	y por si eso fuera poco ...
And then? So what?	¿Y bien?
anothertime, once more, again	otra vez
anyway, in any case	de todos modos
anyway, in any case, at any rate	de todos modos
apparently	al parecer, por lo visto
around	airededor de
around here, this way	por aquí
around the beginning of	a principios de
around the end of, about the end of	a fines de
around the house	alrededor de la casa
around the middle of	a mediados de
around, about	a eso de, en torno de
as a matter of fact, in fact	en efecto
as far as I am concerned, as for me	por mi parte
as for me, as far as I am concerned	por mi parte
as for, with regard to, in regard to	en cuanto a
as for, with regard to, in regard to	en cuanto a
as if	como si
as long as, seeing that…, since	ya que
as soon as	en cuanto, tan pronto como
as soon as possible	cuanto antes, lo más pronto posible
as soon as, after	luego que
as well as, the same as	lo mismo que
aside from	aparte de
at an early hour, at daybreak	a la madrugada
at any rate, anyway, in any case	de todos modos
at dawn	de madrugada
at daybreak	al romper el día
at every moment, at every turn	a cada instante
at every turn, at every moment	a cada instante
at first	al principio, al pronto
at full speed	a todo correr
at home	en casa
at last, finally	al fin, por fin
at least	al menos, a lo menos, por lo menos
at most	a todo
at one's ease	a pierna suelta
at the end of	al cabo de
at the same time	a la vez, al mismo tiempo
at the top of, up, on top of	en lo alto de
at this moment	en este momento
at this point	en esto
at times, sometimes	a veces
because of ...	a causa de ...
before	antes de
beside, next to	al lado de
besides, next to	junto a
besides	además de
blindly	a ciegas
by airmail	por avión
by bicycle	en bicicleta
by car	en coche
by day, in the daytime	de día
by hand	a mano
by heart (memorized)	de memoria
by leaps and bounds	a saltos
by night, at night, during the night	de noche
by no means, no way	de ningún modo, de ninguna manera
by phone	por teléfono
by the day, per day	por día
by the hour, per hour	por hora
by the week, per week	por semana
carelessly	sin cuidado
close to, near	cerca de
commonly, generally, usually	por lo común
commonly, generally, usually	por lo común
concerning, about	acerca de
consequently	por consiguiente
consequently, therefore	por lo tanto
current, up to date	al día
day by day	de día en día, día por día
Do it now!	¡Hazlo ya!
down, below	de abajo
each time	cada vez
early in the evening	por la noche temprano
early in the morning	por la mañana temprano
especially, above all	sobre todo
even though	y eso que
every day	todos los días
every night	todas las noches
every week	todas las semanas
every year	todos los años
everybody	todo el mundo
everywhere	en todas partes, por todas partes
everywhere	por todas partes
exactly, sharp (when telling time)	en punto
excuse me, with your permission	con permiso
few times, rarely	raras veces
finally	al cabo
finally, at last	al fin, por fin
find someone, to meet someone	dar con alguien
first of all, in the first place	ante todo
for example	pro ejemplo
for just now, for the present	por ahora
for my part	para mí
for that matter	para eso
for that reason, therefore	por eso
for the present, for just now	por ahora
for the same reason	por lo mismo
for the time being	por de pronto
for the time being, in the meantime	por el pronto
forever	para siempre
free	de balde
frequently	con frecuencia
frequently, often	a menudo
from day to day	de día en día
from now on	de aquí en adelante
from time to time	de cuando en cuando, de vez en cuando
from today on, from now on	de hoy en adelante
generally, usually	por lo general
generally, usually, commonly	por lo común
gladly, with much pleasure	con mucho gusto
Good luck!	¡Qué la vaya bien!, ¡Qué lo pase usted bien!
high up, up	en alto
home (going to)	a casa
How awful!	¡Qué barbaridad!
I am coming!	¡Ya voy!
I don't think so. I think not.	Creo que no.
I should certainly think so!	¡Ya lo creo!
I think so.	Creo que sí.
if only ...	si ya ...
immediately	en seguida
in a bad mood	de mal humor
in a few days	en pocos días
in a hurry	de prisa
in a little while, in a short while	dentro de poco
in a loud voice	en voz alta
in a low voice	en voz bajo
in a short while, in a little while	dentro de poco
in accord, in agreement	de acuerdo
in addition to	además de
in agreement, in accord	de acuerdo
in all its parts	en un todo
in another way	de otra manera
in any case, anyway	de todos modos
in any case, at any rate, anyway	de todos modos
in case of	en caso de
in each and every way	en todo y por todo
in fact, as a matter of fact	en efecto
in fashion	de moda
in front of	frente a
in my opinion	a mi parecer
in order that, so that	para que, a fin de que
in place of, instead of	en lugar de
in short	en suma
in spite of ...	a pesar de ...
in spite of being	para ser
in spite of everything	así y todo
in that way	de esa manera, de ese modo
in the afternoon	por la tarde
in the afternoon (with a specific time)	de la tarde
in the air, undecided	en vilo
in the direction of	con rumbo a
in the distance	a lo lejos
in the evening	por la noche
in the evening (with a specific time)	de la noche
in the first place, first of all	ante todo
in the house of	en casa de
in the long run	a la larga
in the meantime, for the time being	por lo pronto
in the meantime, for the time being	por el pronto
in the middle of	en medio de
in the morning	por la mañana
in the morning (a specific time)	de la mañana
in the morning (no specific time)	por la mañana
in the morning (with a specific time)	de la mañana
in the open air, outdoors	al aire libre
in the Spanish style	a la española
in this way	de esta manera, de esta modo
in vain	en vano, en balde
in writing	por escrito
instead of	en vez de
instead of, in place of	en lugar de
It cannot be help. There's no way.	No hay remedio.
It does not matter.	No importa.
It is probably ...	Debe de ser ...
It is to my liking.	Es de mi agrado
It is too bad.	Es lástima
It isn't so. It isn't true.	No es verdad.
It isn't true. It isn't so.	No es verdad.
it makes no difference	lo mismo da
It ought to be ...	Debe ser ...
jokenly, in fun	en broma
kneeling	de rodillas
lacking, needed, to be wanting	hacer falta
little by little	poco a poco
many times	muchas veces
more and more (each time)	cada vez más
most of the time	las más veces
naturally, of course, immediately	desde luego
naturally, of course, immediately	desde luego
near, close to	cerca de
nearly, almost	por poco, un poco
next to, beside	al lado de
next week	la semana que viene
next year	el año que viene
no longer	ya no
no sooner said than done	dicho y hecho
no way, by no means	de ningún modo, de ninguna manera
not only ... but also	no ya ... sino
not to be in the mood for jokes	no estar para bromas
not to be so important	no ser para tonto
not yet	todavía no
nothing like it, unparralleled	sin ejemplo
nothing new, same as usual	sin novedad
nowadays	hoy día
nowhere	en ninguna parte
of course	por supuesto
Of course!	¡Ya lo creo! ¡Pues ya!
of course, immediately, naturally	desde luego
often, frequently	a menudo
okay, alright	está bien
on board	a bordo
on foot	a pie
on horseback	a caballo
on the contrary	al contrario, por lo contrario
on the following day, on the next day	al día siguente
on the next day, on the following day	al día siguente
on the occasion of	con motivo de
on the other hand	en cambio
on time	a tiempo
on top of it, at the top of, up	en lo alto de
on top of, at the top of, up	en lo alto de
once	una vez
once more, again, anothertime	otra vez
once more, one more time	un vez más
one by one	de uno en uno, uno a uno
one more time, once more	un vez más
one of these days	un día de éstos
otherwise	de otro modo
out of breath	sin aliento
outdoors, in the open air	al aire libre
outside of	fuera de
per day, by the day	por día
per month, a month	al mes
per week, a week	a la semana
per week, by the week	por hora
per week, by the week	por semana
perhaps	tal vez
please	por favor
please be good enough to	tener la bondad de
presently	a poco
probably	a lo mejor
provided that	con tal que
rarely, few times	raras veces
really, truly	de veras
rely on, to trust (in)	confiar en
retail	al por menor
right away	luego luego
right here	aquí mismo
right now	ahora mismo
right there	allá mismo
round-trip ticket	un bilette de ida y vuelta
safe and sound	sano y salvo
same as usual, nothing new	sin novedad
see you again	hasta la vista
see you later, until later	hasta luego
see you then	hasta entonces
see you tomorrow, until tomorrow	hasta mañana
seeing that…, since, as long as	ya que
several times	varias veces
sharp, exactly (when telling time)	en punto
shortly after	poco después
shortly before	poco antes
since, as long as, seeing that ...	ya que
so that, in order that	para que
So what?, And then?	¿Y bien?
someday	algún día
sometime	alguna vez, algunas veces
sometimes	unas veces
sometimes, at times	a veces
standing	de pie
suddenly	de pronto
That is to say	Es decir ...
that very thing	eso mismo
the bad part, what is bad	lo malo
the best part, what is best	lo mejor
The fact is ...	Es que ...
the first thing I must say	lo primero que debo decir
the good part, what is good	lo bueno
the more ... the more ...	cuanto más ... tanto más ...
the same as, as well as	lo mismo que
the same old story	lo mismo de siempre
the same old thing	el mismo de siempre
the same thing, the same	así mismo, lo mismo
the same, the same thing	así mismo, lo mismo
the whole family	toda la familia
there has been ..., there have been ...	ha habido ...
there was ..., there were ...	había …, hubo …
there were…, there was..	había …, hubo …
there will be ...	habrá ...
there would be ...	habría ...
therefore, for that reason	por eso
There's no way. It cannot be helped	No hay remedio.
this very day	hoy mismo
this way, around here	por aquí
through, across	a través de
throughout	por todo
to (on, at) the left	a la izquierda
to (on, at) the right	a la derecha
to abuse, overindulge in	abusar de
to agree	estar de acuerdo
to agree on	quedar en
to agree to	convenir en
to approach	acercarse a
to ask a question	hacer una pregunta
to be a fan of	ser aficionado a
to be a question of, to deal with	tratarse de
to be about to ...	estar para ...
to be afraid of	tener miedo de
to be all ears	ser todo óidos
to be aware of, to realize	darse cuenta de
to be back	estar de vuelta
to be careful	tener cuidado
to be fashionable, to be in fashion	estar de boga
to be getting late	hacerse tarde
to be happy about	alegrarse de
to be in a good mood	estar de buenas
to be in a hurry	tener prisa
to be in agreement with	estar conforme con, estar de acuerdo con
to be in fashion, to be fashionable	estar de boga
to be in favor of	estar por
to be kind to	ser amable con
to be late in, to delay in	tardar en
to be lucky	tener suerte
to be pleased to, to delight in	complacerse en
to be satisfied with	contentarse con
to be standing	estar de pie
to be supposed to	haber de
to be up to date	estar al día
to be used as, to serve as	servir de
to be wanting, lacking, needed	hacer falta
to be wanting, lacking, needed	hacer falta
to become	hacerse
to become accustomed to	acostumbrarse a
to become fond of	aficionarse a
to begin to	comenzar a, empezar a, ponerse a
to break, to tear into pieces, to smash	hacer pedazos
to care for, to take care of	cuidar de
to change (clothes, planes, subjects, etc.)	cambiar de
to clap one's hands	dar unas palmadas
to come to an understanding with	entenderse con
to complain about	quejarse de
to consent to	consentir en
to consist of	constar de, consistir en
to count on	contar con
to deal with, to be a question of	tratarse de
to delay in, to be late in	tardar en
to delight in, to be pleased to	complacerse en
to depend on	depender de
to dream of (about)	soñar con
to embrace	dar un abrazo
to enjoy	disfrutar de, gozar de
to enter	entrar en
to face	dar a
to fall in love with	enamorarse de
to feed	dar de comer a
to feel (to be) cold	tener frío
to feel (to be) hungry	tener hambre
to feel (to be) sleepy	tener sueño
to feel (to be) thirsty	tener sed
to feel sorry for, to pity	compadecerse de
to feel (to be) very cold	tener mucho frío
to feel (to be) very thirsty	tener mucha sed
to feel (to be) very warm	tener mucho calor
to feel (to be) warm	tener calor
to find out about	enterarse de
to find something	dar con algo
to finish off, to put an end to	acabar con
to forget	olvidarse de
to fulfill	cumplir con
to get in to (vehicle)	subir a
to get into	meterse en
to get ready to	disponerse a
to get tired of	cansarse de
to give one's regards	dar recuerdos a
to give something to drink	dar de beber a
to go for a drive	dar un paseo en coche
to go for a short walk	dar una vuelta
to go horseback riding	dar un paseo a caballo
to go shopping	ir de compras
to harm oneself, to hurt oneself	hacerse daño
to harm someone	hacer daño a alguien
to have a headache	tener dolor de cabeza
to have a stomache ache	tener dolor de estómago
to have little to do	tener mucho que hacer
to have something to do	tener algo que hacer
to hit against	dar contra
to hurry	darse prisa
to hurt oneself, to harm oneself	hacerse daño
to insist on	empeñarse en, insistir en
to invite to	invitar a
to lack	carecer de
to laugh at	reírse de
to learn how to	aprender a
to look like	parecerse a
to mail, to post a letter	echar al correo
to make fun of	burlarse de
to make up one's mind to	resolverse a
to marry	casarse con
to mean	querer decir
to meet someone, find someone	dar con alguien
to need	hacerle falta
to notice	fijarse en
to overindulge in, to abuse	abusar de
to pack one's suitcase	hacer la maleta
to pack one's trunk	hacer el baúl
to pay a visit	hacer una vista
to pick a quarrel with	meterse con
to pity, to feel sorry for	compadecerse de
to play (sports, cards, etc.)	jugar a
to play a joke	hacer una broma
to play the role of	hacer el papel de
to plunge into, to get into	meterse en
to post a letter, to mail	echar al correo
to prepare to	prepararse a
to put an end to, to finish off	acabar con
to put up with	conformarse con
to realize, to be aware of	darse cuenta de
to recall, to remember	acordarse de
to refuse to	negarse a
to remember, to recall	acordarse de
to ride a bicycle	dar un paseo en bicicleta
to run by leaps and bounds	ir a todo correr
to run into (collide)	tropezar con
to say goodbye to	despedirse de
to say good morning to someone	dar los buenos días a alguien
to serve as, to be used as	servir de
to shake hands with each other	darse la mano
to shake hands with someone	dar la mano a alguien
to shout	dar voces
to smash, to break, to tear into pieces	hacer pedazos
to smash, to break, to tear into pieces	hacer pedazos
to smell like	oler a
to sound like	sonar a
to stop	cesar de
to strike against	dar en
to strike the hour	dar la hora
to strive	esforzarse en
to take a trip	hacer un viaje
to take a walk	dar un paseo
to take care of	cuidar de
to take place	tener lugar
to take the blame for something	tener la culpa de algo
to taste of	saber a
to think about (consider)	pensar en
to trust	fiarse de
to trust (in), rely on	confiar en
to try hard to, to strive	esforzarse en
to try to	tratar de
to welcome	dar la bienvenida
to whisper in one's ears	decirle al oído
to worry about	preocuparse de
to, toward	para con
tomorrow afternoon	mañana por la tarde
tomorrow evening, tomorrow night	mañana por la noche
tomorrow morning	mañana por la mañana
tomorrow night	mañana por la noche
tomorrow night, tomorrow evening	mañana por la noche
toward, to	para con
truly, really	de veras
twice, two times	dos veces
two times, twice	dos veces
two weeks	quince días
undecided, in the air	en vilo
undoubtedly, without a doubt	sin duda
unfortunately	por desgracia
unparralleled, nothing like it	sin ejemplo
until later, see you later	hasta luego
until now	hasta ahora
until now, up to here	hasta aquí
until tomorrow, see you tomorrow	hasta mañana
unwillingly	de mala gana
up, high up	en alto
up to date, current	al día
up to here, until now	hasta aquí
upstairs	de arriba
What a day!	¡Vaya (un) día!
What a pity!	¡Qué lastima!
What are you saying!	¡Vaya una cosa!
what is bad, the bad part	lo malo
what is best, the best part	lo mejor
what is good, the good part	lo bueno
what is written	lo escrito
whatever is kind	lo simpático
whatever it may be	sea lo que sea
wholesale	al por mayor
willingly	de buena gana
with open arms	con los brazos abiertos
with regard to, in regard to, as for	en cuanto a
with your permission, excuse me	con permiso
without a care	a pierna suelta
without a doubt, undoubtedly	sin duda
without fail	sin falta
Yes, indeed!	¡Ya se ve!
yesterday afternoon	ayer por la tarde
yesterday evening	ayer por la noche
yesterday morning	ayer por la mañana
You are welcome	De nada. No hay de qué.