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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
as adv	(equally) (comparación)	igual adv
	Bob is five feet ten and Janet is as tall.
	Bob mide uno setenta y siete y Janet es igual de alta.
as adv	(considered to be)	como adv
Note: También se podría omitir y decir: Él se considera a sí mismo un gran fotógrafo.
	He thinks of himself as a great photographer.
	Él se considera a sí mismo como un gran fotógrafo.
as adv	(in the manner)	como adv
	As promised, here are the books on Shakespeare.
	Como prometí, aquí están los libros sobre Shakespeare.
as conj	(in the same manner as) (a la manera de)	lo que loc prnl
	Do as I say, not as I do.
	Haz lo que digo, no lo que hago.
as conj	(while)	mientras adv
	As he was climbing the ladder, his hammer slipped from his belt.
	Mientras subía la escalera, el martillo se resbaló de su cinturón.
as conj	(since, because)	porque conj
	I made you some coffee, as you don't like tea.
	Te preparé café porque no te gusta el té.
as conj	(though)	aunque conj
		a pesar de loc prep
		por más que loc prep
	Tired as I was, I carried on working till the sun came up.
	Aunque estaba cansado seguí trabajando hasta que salió el sol.
as prep	(function)	como prep
	(formal)	a modo de loc prep
	Steve, Julie and I work well as a team.
	Steve, Julie y yo trabajamos bien como equipo.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Usamos la mesa del comedor a modo de escritorio.
as prep	(while being)	como prep
		cuando adv
	As a teacher in a deprived area, Jenna had worked with a lot of troubled youngsters.
	Como profesora en una zona deprimida, Jenna trabajó con muchos jóvenes problemáticos.
	Cuando era profesora en una zona deprimida, Jenna trabajó con muchos jóvenes problemáticos.

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Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
as... as adv	(expressing similarity or equality)	tan... como... loc adv
	This wine is as nice as that one.
	That joke is as old as the hills.
	Este vino es tan bueno como ese otro.
as ... as, so ... as conj	(correlative: such that) (correlación)	como conj
	He's not so clever as everyone thinks.
	No es tan inteligente como todos piensan.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
as anything, as ... as anything adv	informal (perfectly, extremely)	muy adv
	(informal)	-ísimo sufijo
		sumamente, extremadamente adv
as can be, as ... as can be expr	(perfectly, extremely)	muy adv
	(informal)	-ísimo sufijo
		sumamente, extremadamente adv
	My sister's new baby is cute as can be.
	The children were excited as could be when their dad arrived home with a puppy.
as ever, as ... as ever adv	(as is always the case)	como siempre loc adv
		como de costumbre loc adv
	I saw that comedian live recently and he was funny as ever.
... as heck, as ... as heck expr	slang, euphemism (extremely)	como el diablo expr
		como el demonio expr
		como diablos expr
... as hell, as ... as hell expr	figurative, slang (extremely)	muy adv
	(informal)	super- prefijo
		-ísimo, ísima sufijo
	You can tell by Bruce's reaction that he is guilty as hell.
	Se nota por la reacción de Bruce que es muy culpable.

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