para o como para

Question 1

para / como para

Answer 1

It often alternates with para alone to talk about the extent or quantity of something that would be expected or necessary for a particular consequence.

Question 2

The sight of the food was enough to make you sick

Answer 2

El aspecto de la comida era para vomitar

Question 3

They’re stories that will keep you awake at night

Answer 3

Son historias para no dormir

Question 4

There was enough food for a regiment

Answer 4

Había comida para un regimiento

Question 5

Adding como has the effect of

Answer 5

clarifying this meaning and avoiding confusion with the purpose of something.

can emphasise the extent or quantity of something rather than the purpose or comparison.

Question 6

This is enough to make you want to slit your wrists

Answer 6

Esto es como para cortarse las venas

Question 7

What a story he told us. It makes you want to cry

Answer 7

Vaya historia nos ha contado. Es como para llorar

Question 8

This is enough to make me not want to ever come back

Answer 8

Esto es como para no volver aquí nunca más

Question 9

Como para often appears with the quantifiers tanto, demasiado, (lo) suficiente, and bastante, but…

Answer 9

Como can often be left out without changing the meaning, as long as there is no room for confusion.

Question 10

I don’t have enough money to be spending on these things

Answer 10

No tengo dinero como para gastar en estas cosas