Spanisch | Englisch |
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más lejos adverb | further(comparative of far) |
más listo que el hambre adjective | sharp as a tack(very intelligent) |
más loco que una cabra adjective | mad as a hatter(demented or crazy) |
más moscas se cogen con miel que con hiel phrase | you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar(It is easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude rather than with rude demands and negativity) |
más o menos adjective | comme ci comme ça(neither good nor bad) so-so(neither good nor bad) |
más o menos phrase | or so(roughly, appoximately) |
más o menos adverb | approximately(imprecise but close to in quantity or amount) comme ci comme ça(neither well nor poorly) kind of(somewhat) more or less(approximately) pretty much(almost completely; very nearly; mostly) sort of(in a way etc.) |
más papista que el papa adjective | more Catholic than the Pope(adhering more stringently to Roman Catholic practice than is required) |
más pesado que una vaca en brazos noun | royal pain(someone angering) |
más pobre que una rata adjective | poor as a church mouse(very poor) |
más que nada preposition | above all(of prime importance) |
más raro que un perro verde adjective | queer as a clockwork orangeadjective |
más razón que un santo adjective | right as rain(correct; factually accurate) |
más se perdió en Cuba phrase | |
más seco que el ojo de un tuerto adjective | bone-dry(totally dry) |
más simple que el mecanismo de un botijo adjective | thick as a plankadjective |
más tarde adjective | later(more late) |
más tarde adverb | later(more late) later onadverb |
más tonto que Abundio adjective | dumb as a bag of hammers(remarkably stupid) dumb as a doornail(unquestionably dumb (stupid)) |
más vale diablo conocido que por conocer phrase | better the devil you know than the devil you don't know(something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown) |
más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer phrase | better the devil you know than the devil you don't know(something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown) |
más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando phrase | a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush(small but certain advantage is preferable) |
más vale prevenir que curar phrase | a stitch in time saves nine(a timely effort can prevent larger problems) better safe than sorry(it is preferable to be cautious) |
más vale prevenir que lamentarse phrase | better safe than sorry(it is preferable to be cautious) |
más vale tarde que nunca adverb | better late than never(it's better to do something late, than to never do it at all) |
más viejo que Matusalén adjective | old as the hills(extremely old) |
más visto que el tebeo adjective | old as the hills(extremely old) |
masa noun | swarm [swarms](a mass of people or animals in turmoil) |
masa noun {f} | bulk [bulks](volume) dough [doughs](mix of flour and other ingredients) mass [masses](quantity of matter cohering together to make one body) |