en meaning in English
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| en fin interjection | right(changing the subject in a discussion) |
| en fin adverb | anyway(in any way) |
| en flagrancia adjective | red-handed(in the act of wrongdoing) |
| en forma de cuadrado adverb | squarely(In the shape of a square; at right angles) |
| en forma de pera adjective | pear-shaped(shaped like a pear) |
| en frente de preposition | in front of(at or near the front part of) |
| en fuego preposition | on fire(being burned by fire) |
| en funciones adjective | acting(temporarily assuming the duties or authority) |
| en general preposition | at large(in general) on the whole(for the most part) |
| en general adverb | altogether(on the whole; everything considered) by and large(mostly, generally; with few exceptions) |
| en gran escala adjective | large-scaleadjective |
| en guardia interjection | en gardeinterjection |
| en guerra preposition | at warpreposition |
| en honor de preposition | in honour ofpreposition |
| en horas bajas adjective | down in the dumps(sad) |
| en igualdad de circunstancias adverb | all things being equal(without considering external factors) |
| en jarras adjective | akimbo(with a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward) |
| en juego preposition | at stake(at issue, at risk) on the line(at risk) |
| en justicia preposition | by rights(properly, in justice) |
| en la brecha preposition | in the swim(actively participating in the flow of events) |
| en la calle preposition | on the street(without a home) |
| en la cama preposition | in bed(in terms of sexual prowess) |
| en la cancha se ven los pingos phrase | the proof of the pudding is in the eating(the only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for) |
| en la flor de la juventud adverb | |
| en la fortuna y en la adversidad preposition | for better or worse(No matter what the future may hold) |
| en la guerra y en el amor todo vale phrase | all's fair in love and war(unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict) |
| en la inopia preposition | in the dark(without information) |
| en la inopia adjective | clueless(lacking knowledge or understanding) |
| en la luna adjective | away with the fairies(lost in thought) |
| en la medida en que conjunction | insofar as(to the extent that) |
| en la misma onda preposition | on the same wavelength(in rapport) |
| en la movida preposition | in the swim(actively participating in the flow of events) |
| en la mucha necesidad phrase | a friend in need is a friend indeed(if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend) |
| en la otra punta proper noun | Timbuktu(distant place) |
| en la pomada preposition | in the know(informed, aware) |
| en la práctica preposition | in practice(really, in effect) |
| en la punta de la lengua preposition | on the tip of one's tongue(known but not quite remembered) |
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