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US - UKPocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
how /haʊ/ adverbio
- (in questions) cómo;
~ are you? ¿cómo estás?
- (with adjs, advs)
- (in questions): ~ wide is it? ¿cuánto mide or tiene de ancho?, ¿qué tan ancho es? (AmL exc CS);
~ heavy is it? ¿cuánto pesa?;
~ often do you meet? ¿con qué frecuencia se reúnen?;
~ old are you? ¿cuántos años tienes?
- (in exclamations) qué;
~ strange/rude! ¡qué raro/grosero!
- (in questions): ~ wide is it? ¿cuánto mide or tiene de ancho?, ¿qué tan ancho es? (AmL exc CS);
- (in phrases) how about o (colloq) how's about sth: Thursday's no good;
~ about Friday? el jueves no puede ser ¿qué te parece el viernes?;
I'd love to go;
~ about you? me encantaría ir ¿y a ti?;
how come (colloq): ~ come the door's locked? ¿cómo es que la puerta está cerrada con llave?
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
how [haʊ] adverbio
1 (en preguntas directas e indirectas) ¿cómo?: how did you get here?, ¿cómo llegaste?
how is it that...?, ¿cómo es que...?
I know how they do that, sé cómo lo hacen
2 (en preguntas sobre cantidades, frecuencia, etc) cuánto: how heavy is it?, ¿cuánto pesa?
I don't remember how much it cost, no me acuerdo de cuánto costó
how often do you cook?, ¿cada cuánto cocinas?
how wide is the river?, ¿qué anchura tiene el río?
3 qué: how extraordinary!, ¡qué extraordinario!
4 (sugerencia) how about a cup of coffee?, ¿te apetece un café?
I'm hungry
how about you?, tengo hambre, ¿y tú?
1 (en preguntas directas e indirectas) ¿cómo?: how did you get here?, ¿cómo llegaste?
how is it that...?, ¿cómo es que...?
I know how they do that, sé cómo lo hacen
2 (en preguntas sobre cantidades, frecuencia, etc) cuánto: how heavy is it?, ¿cuánto pesa?
I don't remember how much it cost, no me acuerdo de cuánto costó
how often do you cook?, ¿cada cuánto cocinas?
how wide is the river?, ¿qué anchura tiene el río?
3 qué: how extraordinary!, ¡qué extraordinario!
4 (sugerencia) how about a cup of coffee?, ¿te apetece un café?
I'm hungry
how about you?, tengo hambre, ¿y tú?
how: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2009
| Compound Forms: | |||||||||
| don't know how | no saber cómo v | ||||||||
| how about that | (exclamation) | ¿qué te parece? | |||||||
| how about that | (exclamation) | ¡no me digas! | |||||||
| how about that | ¿qué hay de? loc | ||||||||
| how are you | ¿cómo estás? loc | ||||||||
| how big | ¿cómo de grande? loc | ||||||||
| how come | familiar | ¿cómo es que? loc | |||||||
| how do you do? | (greeting) | ¿qué tal? loc | |||||||
| how far | ¿a qué distancia? loc | ||||||||
| how far | ¿hasta dónde? loc | ||||||||
| how goes it | (greeting) | ¿qué tal? loc | |||||||
| how is it that? | ¿cómo es que? loc | ||||||||
| how it goes | ¿cómo funciona? loc | ||||||||
| how it is | ¿cómo es? loc | ||||||||
| how long | (time) | ¿cuánto tiempo? loc | |||||||
| how long | ¿cómo de largo? loc | ||||||||
| how many | ¿cuántos? loc | ||||||||
| how much | ¿cuánto? loc | ||||||||
| how should I know | ¿cómo podía saberlo? loc | ||||||||
| how things are | como son las cosas loc | ||||||||
| how-to book | manual de instrucciones n | ||||||||
| how...! | ¡cómo! | ||||||||
| no matter how | no importa como | ||||||||
| show how | (show (someone) how to do) | mostrar cómo hacerlo v | |||||||
| technical know-how | conocimientos técnico nm | ||||||||
| tell how | explicar v | ||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
Forum discussions with the word(s) "how" in the title:
A cuanto for how much
a general pattern of how..
a how-to packet
A how-to presentation / speech
about how long
About how many weeks was the child
about how rapidly - sobre cuán rápidamente
Accountable for how money is spent to parents
acepción and acceptation - how high register are they?
addresses how you feel about your investment
affecting how we see ourselves
Ain't got no how watchamacallit
an interactive educational program teaching illiterate children how to read.
and about how Jam had managed to stay...
And how about...
and how many will live to tell the tale.
and not what will be done and how it will be done - financial
And this is how the story goes
And you know this how?
any how [anyhow] / either way
aparentar / how do they look?
As - Like - How - grammar
As / How (manera, modo) - grammar
as dignified as he knew how to be...
As soon as you see the word, you'll know how to pronounce it
as to how
as, like, how
Basic phrases ... "how adorable..."
Basic stagehand is how I think of it
Because how was I supposed to know whether or not it was me he was laughing at?
more...
a general pattern of how..
a how-to packet
A how-to presentation / speech
about how long
About how many weeks was the child
about how rapidly - sobre cuán rápidamente
Accountable for how money is spent to parents
acepción and acceptation - how high register are they?
addresses how you feel about your investment
affecting how we see ourselves
Ain't got no how watchamacallit
an interactive educational program teaching illiterate children how to read.
and about how Jam had managed to stay...
And how about...
and how many will live to tell the tale.
and not what will be done and how it will be done - financial
And this is how the story goes
And you know this how?
any how [anyhow] / either way
aparentar / how do they look?
As - Like - How - grammar
As / How (manera, modo) - grammar
as dignified as he knew how to be...
As soon as you see the word, you'll know how to pronounce it
as to how
as, like, how
Basic phrases ... "how adorable..."
Basic stagehand is how I think of it
Because how was I supposed to know whether or not it was me he was laughing at?
more...
'how' also found in these entries:
English:
about - ago - altogether - arouse - average - be - big - board - charm - come about - come by - come to - compensate - compute - dare - day off - deal with - define - direction - do - dreadful - drive - due - episode - fail - far - fast - fine - go about - god - grab - gram - guideline - heavy - high - hold out - instruction - know-how - learn - line - lip-read - long - many - matter - metre - much - notion - observe - occupy - OK
Spanish:
A - alta - alto - ancha - ancho - anda - andar - apear - apercibirse - asco - bien - botija - brillantez - cacarear - cada - cate - coco - combinar - como - cómo - componenda - concebir - conjugar - conocida - conocido - corpachón - costar - cualquiera - cuánta - cuánto - decirse - demonio - desde - desorganizada - desorganizado - diablo - difusor - difusora - distribuir - edad - enseñar - ser - escribirse - estar - estatura - evidenciar - frotar - frotarse - ir - gaita
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