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por ahora

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for now

Por ahora, no llueve. (for now, it is not raining.)

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por ejemplo

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for example

El viernes podemos hacer algo juntos; por ejemplo: ir al cine o salir a cenar. (On Friday we can do something together; for example: go to the movies or out to dinner.)

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por supuesto

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ofcourse

El tren tiene retraso, por supuesto. (The train is late, of course.)

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por fin

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finally, at last

Por fin me ha llegado el pedido que hice la semana pasada. (The order I placed last week has finally arrived.)

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por cierto

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by the way

Hoy ha llamado mamá. Por cierto, ¿sabes cómo está la abuela? (Mom called today. By the way, do you know how Grandma is doing?)

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por lo menos

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at least

No sé cuántas personas había en la manifestación; por lo menos diez mil. (I don’t know how many people were in the demonstration; at least ten thousand.)

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por lo tanto

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therefore

Hay mucho que hacer en la oficina. Por lo tanto, saldré tarde. (There is a lot to do at the office. Therefore, I will be out late.)

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por si acaso

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just in case

No sé si va a llover. Por si acaso, me llevo el paraguas. (I don’t know if it’s going to rain. Just in case, I’m taking my umbrella.)”

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por poco

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I almost

Hoy me he quedado dormida. Por poco pierdo el autobús al trabajo. (I overslept today. I almost missed the bus to work.)

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por lo visto

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apparently

Han abierto un cine en el antiguo teatro del barrio. Por lo visto, quieren proyectar películas clásicas el primer lunes de cada mes. (They have opened a movie theater in the old neighborhood theater. Apparently, they want to show classic movies on the first Monday of every month.)

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por suerte

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fortunately, luckily

Hoy me he quedado dormida. Por suerte, el tren tenía retraso y he llegado a tiempo al trabajo. (I overslept today. Luckily, the train was late and I made it to work on time.)

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por casualidad

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by any chance, by chance

Mi lapicero no tiene punta. ¿Por casualidad tienes un sacapuntas? (My pencil has no point, do you happen to have a pencil sharpener?)

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por último

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finally, I

Hoy he ido a clase, he comido con mi hermana y he estudiado un par de horas en la biblioteca. Por último, he salido a correr 5 kilómetros. (Today I went to class, had lunch with my sister and studied for a couple of hours at the library. Finally, I went for a 5 kilometer run.)

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por cuenta propia

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on one’s own account, on your own

Desde que terminé la universidad he trabajado por cuenta propia como traductora autónoma. (Since graduating from university, I have been working as a freelance translator.)

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algo por el estilo

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something like that/this

Creo que este viernes estrenan una película de miedo o algo por el estilo. (I think they are releasing a scary movie or something like that this Friday.)

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dar algo por perdido

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write something off, give something up for lost

Cuando vi que se me habían caído las gafas de sol a la vía del tren, las di por perdidas. (When I saw that I had dropped my sunglasses on the train track, I wrote them off as lost.)

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punto por punto

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point by point

El profesor ha repasado toda la lección punto por punto. (The teacher has gone through the entire lesson point by point.)

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a por todas

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to go all out

En el campeonato de esta tarde, nuestro equipo va a por todas. (In this afternoon’s championship, our team is going for it.)

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¡por la amistad! (brindis)

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to friendship (toast)

—Hagamos un brindis.(Let’s make a toast.)
—¡Por la amistad! (-To friendship!”)

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por las buenas o por las malas

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by hook or crook

Aquellos que no tengan entrada para el concierto tendrán que marcharse, por las buenas o por las malas. (Those who do not have a ticket for the concert will have to leave, by hook or by crook.)