Idioms Flashcards
A - to, at
A la semana (al mes)
- Le pagan dos veces a la semana = They pay him twice a week
A + infinitive - if
- A haberlo comprado yo, lo hubiera devuelto = If I had bought it, I would have returned it
Al + infinitive - upon
- Al verla, la saludo = Upon seeing her, he said hello.
Uno a uno - one by one
- Entraron uno a uno = They entered one by one
Abajo - down
De abajo - below
- Vive en el piso de abajo = He lives on the floor below
Hacia abajo - downward
- Miro hacia abajo = He looked down
Venirse abajo (a tierra) - to collapse - La muralla se vino abajo (a tierra) = The wall collapsed
El abril - April
Tener … abriles - to be … years old.
- Tenia veinte abriles = She was twenty years old (said only of young people)
Absoluto - Absolute
En absoluto - not at all
- No dijo nada en absoluto = He said nothing at all
La Abuela - Grandmother
No necesitar abuela - to toot one’s own horn
- No necesita abuela = He toots his own horn
Abundar - To abound
Lo que abunda no dana = You can’t have too much of a good thing
