Spanish sentences to learn : making an estimate
Here is a list of basic and useful Spanish phrases to learn for conversation, with their English translations.
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| ENGLISH | SPANISH |
| Guess what! | ¡Adivina qué! / ¿Sabes qué? |
| I consider that… | Creo que… |
| There is a reason to believe that… | Hay razones para creer que… |
| There is every reason / a great reason to believe that | Hay muchas razones para creer que… |
| Â Based upon… | Basado en… |
| It would be risky to… | SerĂa arriesgado… |
| I consider it my duty to… | Siento que es mi deber… |
| I have great respect/regard/esteem for… | Tengo un gran aprecio por … |
| I have little respect/regard for… | No creo que mucho de … |
| I consider/deem it necessary to… | Creo que es necesario… |
| I consider it pointless to… / I see no point in… | Creo que es inĂştil… |
| There’s no point. / It’s no use. / It’s useless. | No tiene sentido… |
| There’s no point in… / There’s little point in… / It’s no use… | No tiene sentido… |
| It would be pointless to… | No tendrĂa sentido… |
| What’s the point of… ? | ÂżQuĂ© sentido tiene… / ÂżQuĂ© sentido tiene… |
| I don’t see the point of… | No veo el sentido de… |
| It woulnd’t be much use … (+v-ing) | No tiene mucho sentido… |
| It woulnd’t be much use to me. | No servirĂa de mucho. |
| What would be the point of (+v-ing) ? / What use would it be to… ? | ÂżQuĂ© sentido tendrĂa… ? |
| You may not think it but… | Bueno, ya sabes… |
| What should we expect from… ? | ÂżQuĂ© podemos esperar de… ? |
| What must we understand from… ? | ÂżQuĂ© podemos deducir de… ? |
| This gives me to understand that… | Deduzco que… |
| We can anticipate… | Podemos esperar… |
| There’s every indication that… | Hay muchas razones para creer que… / todo indica que… |
| That’s most encouraging. | Esto es muy alentador. |
| It looks promising. | A mĂ me parece bien. |
| It doesn’t look too promising. / Things don’t look too good. | A mĂ me parece que está bastante mal. |
| it doesn’t bode well for… | No es un buen augurio para… |
| That reminds me that… | Me hace pensar que… |
| As planned. | Como era de esperar. |
| As arranged. | SegĂşn lo acordado. |
| Time is short. | El tiempo se acaba. |
| There is not much time left. | No queda mucho tiempo. El tiempo se acaba. |
| There’s no time to lose / waste. | No hay tiempo que perder. |
| It’s about time… | Ya es hora de… |
| In due course. | A tiempo. |
| Within a reasonnable time. | En un tiempo razonable. |
| There’s a right time for everything. | Hay un momento para todo. |
| You know what to expect. | Sabemos lo que nos espera. |
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