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As x How
como1preposicin
1.
a. (en calidad de) as;quiero hablarte ~ amigo I want to speak to
you as a friend;el director tendr ~ funciones the director's duties
will be ;est considerado ~ lo mejorhe's considered (to be) the
best
b. (con el nombre de) as;se la conoce ~ `flor de luz' it's known
as `flor de luz'
c. (por ejemplo) like;en algunos lugares ~ Londres in some
places such as o like London
2. (en comparaciones, contrastes) like;
uno ~ el tuyo one like yours;pienso ~ t I agree with you;fue
ella, ~ que me llamo Beatriz it was her, as sure as my name's
Beatriz;bail ~ nunca she danced as o like she'd never danced
before;me trata ~ a un imbcil he treats me like an idiot;no hay
nada ~ un buen coac! there's nothing like a good brandy!;~ PARA +
INF: es ~ para echarse a llorarit's enough to make you want to
cry;fue ~ para pegarle I could have hit him
3. (en locs) as como (frml) as well as;como l solo/ella sola: es
egosta ~ l solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!;como mucho/poco
at (the) most/at least;como nadie: cocina ~ nadie nobody cooks like
her;como que : conduce muy bien ~ que es piloto de carreras he
drives very well well, he is a racing driver,after all;y no me lo
dijiste ~ que no lo saba! and you didn't tell me about it that's
because I didn't know about it!;como ser(CS) such as, for
example;como si (+ subj) as if, as though;ella est grave y l ~ si
nada or~ si tal cosa she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all
o in the least worried
como2conjuncin
1. (de la manera que) as;tal ~ haba prometido just as he had
promised;~ era de esperaras was to be expected;
~ dice el refrn as the saying goes;no me gust ~ lo dijo I didn't
like the way she said it;(tal y) ~ estn las cosas as things
stand;(+ subj) hazlo ~ quieras/~ puedas do it any way you like/as
best as you can;no voy ~ quieras I'm not going please yourselfo as
you like;~ quiera que sea no matter what;la buganvilla, o ~ quiera
que se llame bougainvillea or whatever it's called
2. (puesto que) as, since;~ era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una
vuelta since o as it was early, we went for a walk
3. (si) (+ subj) if;
~ te pille if I catch you
4. (en oraciones concesivas): cansado ~ estaba, me ayud tired
though o tired as he was, he helped me
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5. (que): vimos ~ se los llevaban we saw them being taken
away;vas a ver ~ llega tarde he'll be late, you'll see
como3adverbio
1. (expresando aproximacin) about;est ~ a cincuenta kilmetros
it's about fifty kilometers away;
un sabor ~ a almendras a kind of almondy taste
2. (uso expletivo) kind of (colloq);me da ~ vergenza I find it
kind of embarrassing
cmo1adverbio
1. (de qu manera) how;~ ests? how are you?;~ es tu novia? what's
your girlfriend like?;~ es de grande? how big is it?;
~ te llamas? what's your name?;ya sabes ~ es you know what he's
like
2. (por qu) why, how come (colloq);~ no me lo dijiste antes? why
didn't you tell me before?
3. (al solicitar que se repita algo) sorry?, pardon?;~ dijo?
sorry, what did you say?
4. a. (en exclamaciones): ~ llueve! it's really raining!;~
comes! the amount you eat!;
est nevando y ~! it's snowing and how! (colloq)
b. (como interj) what!;~! no te lo han dicho? what! haven't they
told you?
c. (en locs) a cmo ?: a ~ estn los tomates? (fam) how much are
the tomatoes?;a ~ estamos hoy? (AmL) what's the date today?;cmo as?
how come? (colloq);cmo no! (esp AmL) of course!;cmo que ? orcmo que
!: ~ que no fuiste t? what do you mean it wasn't you?;aqu no est ~
que no! it isn't here what do you mean it isn't there?
cmo2
sustantivo masculino:
el ~ (y el cuando) the how (and when)
Concise Oxford Spanish Dictionary 2009 Oxford University
Press
