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whatever1 /hwɑ:t'evər / || /wɒt'evə(r)/ pronombre

1. (in questions, exclamations) qué;
   ~ is she doing? ¿qué (es lo que) está haciendo?

2. 1. (no matter what): ~ you do, don't laugh! hagas lo que hagas ¡no te vayas a reír!;
      he talked about percentiles, ~ they are habló de percentiles, que no tengo ni idea de qué son
   2. (all that): they let him do ~ he likes lo dejan hacer todo lo que quiere;
      ~ you say lo que tú digas, como quieras

whatever2 adjetivo

1. (no matter what): don't give up, ~ doubts you may have no renuncies, tengas las dudas que tengas;
   all people, of ~ race or creed todos, cualquiera sea su raza o credo

2. (any): ~ changes are necessary los cambios que sean necesarios

whatever3 adverbio (as intensifier): none/nothing ~ ninguno/nada en absoluto

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

whatever [wɒt'evəʳ, forma débil wət'evəʳ]

I	adjetivo cualquier(a): you can study whatever subject you like, puedes estudiar cualquier asignatura que te guste      for whatever reason, por cualquier motivo
II	pron lo que, todo lo que: he will do whatever you say, hará todo lo que le digas      (en preguntas: enfático) qué: (tb whatever) whatever are you doing?, ¿qué diablos estás haciendo?      familiar algo: use a screwdriver or whatever, usa un destornillador o algo semejante      whatever you do, don't forget her birthday, sobre todo, no te olvides de su cumpleaños
III	adverbio (con negativo) no money whatever, absolutamente nada de dinero      nobody/nothing whatever, nadie/nada en absoluto

whatever: WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2010

Compound Forms:
for whatever reason	adv	(for any reason)	sea por lo que sea loc verb
I don't know why, but, for whatever reason, he did it.
Sea por lo que sea, el caso es que no se pueden ni ver.
			cualquiera sea (haya sido) la razón loc adv
Hay diferentes hipótesis respecto a la desaparición de los dinosaurios, pero cualquiera haya sido la razón, lo cierto es que se extinguieron.
			cualquiera que sea (haya sido) la razón loc adv
nothing whatever			nada de nada
whatever comes			venga lo que venga
whatever comes			pase lo que pase
whatever the cost			cueste lo que cueste
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altough whatever i always get hurt
and there's no doubt whatever that he...
And whatever that queer creature understand, he...
any vs. whatever - grammar
at whatever time of the day
Be prepared for whatever problems that may arise.
but whatever
by whatever
desparate to buy whatever product they can - grammar
Do whatever it takes
do whatever you can!
Do whatever you have to do?
Do whatever you want
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favor - whatever the favor chanced to be
Feel whatever yoou feel
for it fits exactly into whatever else he has to say - grammar
for whatever good it'll be
For whatever it's worth
for whatever reason"
for whatever reasons
Friends are forever, boys are whatever.
Fuera cual fuera - Whatever - grammar
having a jump or whatever
He is creative and always successful in whatever he does
he says whatever sprang to his mind
His desire to do God’s will, will make him succeed in whatever he does
how many times that is whatever it is removed
I can do want I ever [whatever] I want to
I can eat whatever I want.
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'whatever' also found in these entries:

English:

anything - make - next - possess - whenever

Spanish:

cualesquiera - cualquiera - dueña - dueño - ser - estar - lo - mí - pasar - suceder - apetecer - así - che - consentir - cual - mirar - ocurrir - poder - precio - regatear

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