Španielčina | Angličtina |
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como preposition | as(Introducing a basis of comparison) like(such as) such as(like) |
como participle | like(colloquial: used to precede paraphrased quotations) |
Como proper noun | Como(Province of Lombardy) |
como conjunction | as(in the same way that) both … andconjunction for(because) how(in which way) |
como agua y aceite noun | chalk and cheese(things that are very different) |
como alma que lleva el diablo adjective | breakneck(dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) |
como anillo al dedo verb | fit like a glove(to be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size) |
como arriba phrase | as above, so below(what happens on a higher level of reality also happens on lower levels) |
como churros preposition | like hot cakes(quickly) |
como consecuencia de preposition | in the wake of(following) |
como corresponde adverb | properly(in a proper manner) |
como de costumbre adverb | as usual(as is usually the case) |
como desee interjection | as you wishinterjection |
como dice el dicho phrase | as the saying goes(said as a lead to a proverb or similar) |
como dios lo trajo al mundo adjective | naked as the day one was born(completely naked) |
como dos gotas de agua preposition | like two peas in a pod(very similar) |
como elefante en cristalería adjective | like a bull in a china shop(clumsy, aggressive) |
como elefante en cristalería adverb | like a bull in a china shop(clumsily, aggressively) |
como en casa preposition | in one's element(in a suitable environment) |
como es debido adjective | comme il faut(proper; in keeping with etiquette or social standards) |
como es debido adverb | properly(in a proper manner) |
como fierro adjective | rock hard(of penis) |
como Juan Palomo verb | pull oneself up by one's bootstraps(to begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help) |
como la palma de mi mano adverb | inside out(of knowledge: thoroughly) |
como la seda preposition | like clockwork(with perfect regularity and precision) |
como la seda adverb | swimmingly(in a very favourable manner) |
como ladillo adverb | parenthetically(incidentally) |
como las maracas de Machín adjective | out of one's mind(insane) |
como los chorros del oro adjective | squeaky clean(very clean) |
como mucho adverb | tops(maximum) |
como muy tarde preposition | at the latest(not later than) |
como máximo preposition | at most(at the most; at a maximum or upper limit) at the latest(not later than) |
como mínimo preposition | at least(at a lower limit) |
como no conjunction | unless(except on a specified condition) |