SPA 312, p. 130 Flashcards
To be enough
Bastar
To be advisable
Convenir
To seem incredible/impossible
Parecer mentira
To be possible
Poder ser
What a pity!
¡Qué lástima!
To be a good thing
Ser bueno
To be unlikely
Ser difícil
To be doubtful
Ser dudoso
To be strange
Ser extraño
To be important
Ser importante
To be (im)possible
Ser (im)posible
To be (un)likely
Ser (im)probable
To be a pity
Ser (una) lástima
To be necessary
Ser necesario, ser preciso
To be better, preferable
Ser preferible
To be urgent
Ser urgente, urgir
To be better
Valer más
To be worthwhile
Valer la pena
To be certain (I)
Ser cierto
To be evident (i)
Ser evidente
To be true (I)
Ser verdad
To be a fact (I)
Ser un hecho
To be clear (I)
Estar claro
It’s not that…but rather…
No ser que…sino que…
Whichever
Cualquiera
Whatever
Cualquier noun que
However
Comoquiera
Wherever
Dondequiera que
No matter how…adjective or adverb
Por (adj/adv) que (subjuntivo)
As far as I (we) know
Que yo sepa (que sepamos)
Used to stress a preceding negative statement
Que digamos
I mean, in the sense of I meant to say or that is
Que diga
No matter how much it my cost
Cueste lo que cueste
Whatever happens
Pase lo que pase
Whether you can or not
Puedas o no (puedas)
Whether you will be willing or not
Quieras o no (quieras)
To ask (referring to a question)
Preguntar
To ask a question
Hacer una pregunta
To ask for (to inquire after/to find out about)
Preguntar por
To ask (to request or demand)
Pedir
To borrow/to ask to borrow
Pedir prestado/a/os/as
To ask (referring to an invitation)
Invitar