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C y F abr ( costo y flete) CAF, c.a.f., C and F
y conj
1 (uso copulativo)
and
fuimos a Málaga y a Granada we went to Malaga and Granada
una isla exótica y de gran belleza an exotic, tremendously beautiful island
treinta y uno thirty-one
un kilo y cuarto one and a quarter kilos
2 (al comienzo de una pregunta)
--ya ha llegado el primer grupo --¿y los demás? "the first group has already arrived" -- "(and) what about the others?"
a mí no me apetece ir, ¿y a ti? I don't feel like going, what about you?
--id vosotros --¿y tú, qué vas a hacer? "you go" -- "but what are you going to do?"
¿y Max? no lo veo por ninguna parte where's Max? I can't see him anywhere
--he decidido dejar de estudiar --¿y eso? "I've decided to stop studying" -- "why's that then?"
¿y qué? (con desinterés, desprecio)
so (what)?, (con interés)
and?
no, no me han aceptado, ¿y qué? they haven't accepted me, who cares o so what?
--ya tengo las notas --¿y qué?, ¿has aprobado? "I've just got the marks" -- "and, did you pass?"
3 (uso adversativo)
¡él viviendo en una mansión y su hermano en la calle! he's living in a mansion while his brother's on the streets!
¿dices que no quieres tarta y te la comes entera? you say you don't want any cake and then you eat a whole one?
4 (esp LAm, en repetición)
estuvo llora y llora he was crying and crying
5 (esp Argentina, Uruguay, en respuestas)
--lo lamento mucho --y bueno, habrá que aceptarlo "I'm very sorry" -- "well, we just have to accept it"
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