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en la quinta puñeta proper noun

Timbuktu(distant place)
proper noun
[UK: ˌtɪm.bək.ˈtuː] [US: ˌtɪm.bək.ˈtuː]

en la variedad está el gusto phrase

variety is the spice of life(variety is what makes life interesting)
phrase

en las buenas y en las malas preposition

for better or worse(No matter what the future may hold)
preposition
[UK: fɔː(r) ˈbe.tə(r) ɔː(r) wɜːs] [US: ˈfɔːr ˈbe.tər ɔːr ˈwɝːs]

en las últimas preposition

on one's last legs(about to die)
preposition
[UK: ɒn wʌnz lɑːst leɡz] [US: ɑːn wʌnz ˈlæst ˈleɡz]

en lenguaje llano preposition

in layman's terms(phrased simply)
preposition

en línea adjective

online(connected to the Internet)
adjective
[UK: ˈɒn.ˌlaɪn] [US: ˈɒn.ˌlaɪn]

en líneas generales adverb

broadly(in a wide manner)
adverb
[UK: ˈbrɔːd.li] [US: ˈbrɒd.li]

en llamas preposition

on fire(being burned by fire)
preposition

en llamas adjective

ablaze(on fire)
adjective
[UK: ə.ˈbleɪz] [US: ə.ˈbleɪz]

aflame(in flames, on fire)
adjective
[UK: ə.ˈfleɪm] [US: ə.ˈfleɪm]

en llamas adverb

ablaze(on fire)
adverb
[UK: ə.ˈbleɪz] [US: ə.ˈbleɪz]

en lo sucesivo preposition

in the future(at a future time)
preposition
[UK: ɪn ðə ˈfjuː.tʃə(r)] [US: ɪn ðə ˈfjuː.tʃər]

en lo sucesivo adverb

from now on(from now, indefinitely)
adverb
[UK: frəm naʊ ɒn] [US: frəm ˈnaʊ ɑːn]

en lo tocante a preposition

as for(regarding; about)
preposition

as regards(regarding)
preposition
[UK: əz rɪ.ˈɡɑːdz ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: ˈæz rɪ.ˈɡɑːrdz ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

regarding(concerning)
preposition
[UK: rɪ.ˈɡɑːd.ɪŋ] [US: rə.ˈɡɑːrd.ɪŋ]

with regard to(concerning)
preposition
[UK: wɪð rɪ.ˈɡɑːd tuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ] [US: wɪθ rə.ˈɡɑːrd ˈtuː ˈsʌm.θɪŋ]

en los brazos de Morfeo preposition

in the arms of Morpheus(asleep, sleeping)
preposition
[UK: ɪn ðə ɑːmz əv ˈmɔː.fɪəs] [US: ɪn ðə ˈɑːrmz əv ˈmɔːr.fɪəs]

en lugar de preposition

in place ofpreposition
[UK: ɪn ˈpleɪs əv] [US: ɪn ˈpleɪs əv]

instead of(in lieu of; in place of; rather than)
preposition
[UK: ɪn.ˈsted əv] [US: ˌɪn.ˈsted əv]

en lugar de adverb

alternatively(in an alternative way)
adverb
[UK: ɔːl.ˈtɜː.nə.tɪ.vli] [US: ɒl.ˈtɝː.nə.tɪ.vli]

in lieu(instead (of); in place (of))
adverb
[UK: ɪn luː] [US: ɪn ˈluː]

instead(in the place of (it))
adverb
[UK: ɪn.ˈsted] [US: ˌɪn.ˈsted]

en manos de preposition

at the hands of(by the actions of)
preposition

en mantillas preposition

in the dark(without information)
preposition
[UK: ɪn ðə dɑːk] [US: ɪn ðə ˈdɑːrk]

en marcha adjective

up(functional)
adjective
[UK: ʌp] [US: ʌp]

en marcha adverb

afoot(in progress)
adverb
[UK: ə.ˈfʊt] [US: ə.ˈfʊt]

underway(in motion, in progress; being done or carried out)
adverb
[UK: ˌən.dəˈrw.eɪ] [US: ˌən.dəˈr.weɪ]

en masa adjective

mass(involving a mass of people)
adjective
[UK: mæs] [US: ˈmæs]

en masa adverb

en masse(in a single body or group)
adverb
[UK: ən ˈmæs] [US: ˈen ˈmæs]

en medio preposition

amidst(in the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈmɪdst] [US: ə.ˈmɪdst]

en medio de preposition

amid(surrounded by)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈmɪd] [US: ə.ˈmɪd]

en medio de la nada noun
{m}

middle of nowhere(remote place)
noun
[UK: ˈmɪd.l̩ əv ˈnəʊ.weə(r)] [US: ˈmɪd.l̩ əv ˈnoʊ.weə(r)]

en memoria de adverb

in memoriam(in memory of)
adverb

en menos de lo que canta un gallo phrase

before you can say knifephrase

en menos que canta un gallo adverb

in two shakes(very quickly)
adverb

en mi humilde opinión preposition

in my humble opinion(used to introduce or qualify a statement)
preposition
[UK: ɪn maɪ ˈhʌm.bl̩ ə.ˈpɪ.nɪən] [US: ɪn ˈmaɪ ˈhʌm.bl̩ ə.ˈpɪ.njən]

en mi opinión preposition

IMO(in my opinion)
preposition
[UK: ˈaɪ.məʊ] [US: ˈaɪmo.ʊ]

in my opinion(according to me)
preposition
[UK: ɪn maɪ ə.ˈpɪ.nɪən] [US: ɪn ˈmaɪ ə.ˈpɪ.njən]

en ningún lado adverb

nowhere(in no place)
adverb
[UK: ˈnəʊ.weə(r)] [US: ˈnoʊ.weə(r)]

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