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a la ligera

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
a la ligera loc adv	(superficialmente)	lightly adv
	Tomó nuestra relación a la ligera, nunca la valoró.
	He took our relationship lightly; he never valued it.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
a la ligera loc adv	(sin la necesaria dedicación)	carelessly, hastily, heedlessly adv
	No te tomes este trabajo a la ligera, requiere mucha atención.
	Don't do this work carelessly; it requires a lot of attention

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
juzgar a la ligera loc verb	(sin tener información)	judge quickly, judge hastily vi + adv
		jump to conclusions v expr
	No la juzgues a la ligera, no sabes cómo ha sido su vida anterior.
	Don't judge her quickly, you don't know what her life was like before.
tomar a la ligera loc verb	(no dar importancia)	take [sth] lightly v expr
		not pay much attention to [sth] v expr
	No tomes esas molestias a la ligera, es mejor que vayas a ver a un doctor.
	Don't take those pains lightly; you ought to go see a doctor.
tomar decisiones a la ligera loc verb	(decidir sin reflexionar)	make decisions casually, make decisions lightly v expr
	Este desastre vino por tomar decisiones a la ligera.
	This disaster came about from making decisions lightly.

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