But in spanish
pronunciation: peɹ̩oʊ part of speech: adverb
but1 = pero, aunque, empero.
Example: Learning takes place in one environment but is put to work in another, and the learner is left to make the transition.more:
» be (all) good and well (but) = estar muy bien (pero), ser perfecto (pero), ser estupendo (pero). [También be (all) well and good (but)]
Example: Liberty, equality, and fraternity are all well and good, but what made France truly superior was the French passion for wine.» be (all) well and good (but) = estar muy bien (pero), ser perfecto (pero), ser estupendo (pero). [También be (all) good and well (but)]
Example: However identifying the right marketing channels is all well and good but if the message isn't right then it's money down the drain.» but (all) to no avail = aunque en vano, aunque en balde, aunque sin ningún resultado.
Example: I have tried a few different ways of helping him remember the difference but to no avail.» but no dice = sin suerte, pero sin suerte, pero no hubo suerte, pero no hubo modo, pero no hubo manera, pero sin conseguirlo.
Example: We'd hoped to see it sometime in 2008, but no dice.» but otherwise = aunque por otro lado.
Example: Control is exercised over which terms are used, but otherwise the terms are ordinary words.» but still = aunque.
Example: Less well-reported but still widely collected types of use included newly registered borrowers, visits, reference questions, in-library use, and off site program attendance = Otros datos sobre los que se dio menos información aunque todas las bibliotecas los recogen eran el número de nuevos usuarios, las visitas, las preguntas de referencia, el uso dentro de la biblioteca y la asistencia a actividades organizas fuera de la biblioteca.» but then again = pero por otro lado, pero por otra parte, pero al mismo tiempo, pero a la vez, aunque, y sin embargo.
Example: But then again, there are thousands of such ditses out there that need mental help.» but to make matters worse = para colmo, para más inri, para mayor inri, para peor de males.
Example: But to make matters worse, and as the drought rolls on, it is very likely that it won't rain again until October or November.» but to make things worse = para colmo, para más inri, para mayor inri.
Example: But to make things worse, a handwritten note scrawled at the bottom of the page explains what really happened after the study was approved.» but worst of all = pero lo peor de todo.
Example: She had dishonoured him and his village, but worst of all she had put herself in unimaginable danger.» last but not least = por último pero no menos importante.
Example: Planning of national expenditure depends on number of vendors, on national serial output, and last but not least, on the amount of the yearly state budget allocation.» last but one = penúltimo.
Example: Another common trend is to include an industrial placement of a significant duration (3-6 months, even 1 year) in the last but one year of studies = Una tendencia frecuente es incluir un período de prácticas en la industria durante un período significativo (de 3 a 6 meses, incluso un año) en el penúltimo año de estudios.» last but two = antepenúltimo.
Example: Dactylic rhyme is a rhyme in which the last but two is the most strongly stressed syllable.» next but one = el siguiente no, el otro.
Example: All countries hate their immediate neighbors and like the next but one.» short but sweet = breve pero agradable.
Example: We recently spent a very short but sweet four days in Montenegro.» slowly but surely = sin prisa pero sin pausa, lento pero seguro, de forma lenta pero segura.
Example: Slowly but surely, piracy is suffocating Europe's cultural industries.» the last but by no means least = el último pero no el menos importante.
Example: The last but by no means least element in personnel are the library assistants, or library technicians as they are known in American libraries.but2 = sino.
Example: This is not intended to imply that their ideas and views should be forever withheld, but to say that their ideas an views should be subject to the same scrutiny as those of the others.more:
» all but a few = todos menos unos cuantos, todos menos unos pocos, todos excepto unos cuantos, todos excepto unos pocos.
Example: And, he plans to get rid of the Senate, all but a few, who will remain, according to his plans.» all but + Número = todos menos + Número, todos excepto + Número.
Example: All but four of the laws are of a civil nature, three involving pupils with contraband in their school lockers and the other one concerning breach of the peace by college students.» be all(/nothing but) skin and bones = estar en los huesos, estar escuchimizado, estar hecho un esqueleto.
Example: The boy was all skin and bones and needed the food and drink far more than Will did and anyway he could always ask the landlord for some = El niño estaba en los huesos y necesitaba comida y bebida mucho más que Will y, de todas formas, él siempre podría pedirle algo al casero.» be nothing but = no ser sino, no ser más que.
Example: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.» but rather = sino (que) más bien.
Example: BASIC has been criticized for being a language not for professional programmers but rather for educational purposes, but it has been used in many applications programs.» cannot but notice = no poder evitar mencionar, no poder dejar de mencionar.
Example: Unfortunately, we cannot but notice that the letter of the State Secretary contains much false information and contradictions.» cannot but + Verbo = no se traduce. [Resalta la acción del verbo]
Example: One cannot but feel that a national survey of this type is bound to be limited in what it can tell us about people's reading interests.» cannot help but + Verbo = no poder evitar + Infinitivo, no poder sino + Infinitivo.
Example: He smiled politely, but Bragge could not help but feel that his expression was one of low cunning.» can't help but = no poder evitar.
Example: You can't help but appreciate these trend-setting fashion designers, especially when hot models and actresses wear their creations.» couldn't help but notice (that) = no pude evitar notar que.
Example: Anyway, I was living there for a while (in New Zealand) and couldn't help but notice lots of people using these yoghurt makers.» do + nothing but = no hacer otra cosa que.
Example: Can't you seclude yourself and do nothing but work on this topic for the week?.» have + no other option but = no tener más alternativa que, no tener otra alternativa que, no tener más opción que, no tener otra opción que.
Example: It seems that the big wigs caught by the army launched anti-corruption move have no other option but to face their trial.» it never rains but it pours = las degracias nunca vienen solas; llover sobre mojado; eramos pocos y parió la abuela; a perro flaco, todo son pulgas; al perro flaco, todo se le vuelven pulgas. [Usado más frecuentemente en inglés británico]
Example: I don't think I'll ever stop using the phrase 'it never rains but it pours', but right now, life is looking up.» It's not what we(you) know, but who we(you) know = No importa lo que se conoce, sino a quién se conoce.
Example: But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.» no one but = nadie sino, nadie excepto.
Example: No one but an obsessed fanatic would suggest that reading is all or enough in itself.» nothing but the (very) best = lo mejor de lo mejor.
Example: Building a good relationship with customers is the only way to be the best and nothing but the best will do!.» not only ... but also ... = no sólo ... sino también ....
Example: This translation will involve not only labelling the subject, but possibly also indicating related subjects, as has been discussed earlier.» to mention but a few of = por mencionar sólo algunos, por mencionar sólo unos cuantos.
Example: The library may have music scores, books on music, sound discs and sound tapes, to mention but a few of the possible media.» to name but a few = por nombrar sólo unos pocos, por mencionar sólo unos pocos.
Example: Printed indexes that incorporate to varying degrees the principles of pre-coordinate indexing are to be found in abstracting and indexing journals, national bibliographies, and indexes to journals, to name but a few examples.» to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth = decir la verdad, toda la verdad y nada más que la verdad.
Example: The speaker advises administrators to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.» Verbo + nothing else but = no + Verbo + otra cosa que.
Example: At other times they may be doing nothing else but relax: passing the time in a pleasant if untaxing recreation.» what else but...? = ¿qué si no...?.
Example: What else but this quality of individual feeling and intelligence running through the network of librarians working sympathetically and single-mindedly throughout the community can determine the public value of our national library system?.» who else but...? = ¿quién si no...?.
Example: Who else but a librarian would give an eye-tooth to work at a bookstore on the weekend?.but3 = excepto, menos.
Example: Rotundas were widely used for all but the most formal texts in the fifteenth century, but fell out of fashion during the sixteenth century, surviving longest in Spain.more:
» all but + Verbo = casi + Verbo.
Example: As we will probably hear from Mr. Welsh tomorrow, we are at the point where the Library of Congress has all but committed itself to close its catalogs.» any but + Nombre = sólo, únicamente.
Example: Currently, online document request services are possible, but this is not usually a feature of the facilities of any but the largest co-operatives.» anything but = cualquier cosa que no sea.
Example: First the desire to read is sapped, then the will, and finally stamina to tackle anything but short, and immediately useful, passages.» be anything but + Adjetivo = no estar nada + Adjetivo, no ser nada + Adjetivo.
Example: One of them snipped Ben Kline's life short, and Marla's determined to get to the root of a case that's anything but cut and dried.» be everything but = ser de todo menos.
Example: She was everything but ugly -- she had long red hair with the brightest emerald eyes you ever saw with golden-tan skin.» everything but the kitchen sink = casi todo.
Example: In their greed to cram everything but the kitchen sink into the courses, what they end up producing is graduates who are jacks of all trades but masters of none.» have + little choice but = no tener más opción que.
Example: With his back against the wall, he might judge that he had little choice but to use his weapons of mass destruction in a last-ditch attempt to save his country.» in all but = en todos menos en.
Example: The position of deputy librarian or deputy director exists in all but the smallest libraries, and there is a measure of agreement as to what his duties should entail.