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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
as it were adv	idiom (in a way, so to speak)	por así decirlo, por decirlo así, por así decir expr
		por decirlo de algún modo expr
		digamos expr
	A Victorian lady's calling card was her social media profile, as it were.
	La tarjeta de visita de una dama victoriana era su perfil en redes sociales, por así decirlo.

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'as it were' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

in a manner of speaking - like

Spanish:

vivir como si fuese el último día

Synonyms: so to speak, figuratively speaking, in a way, so to say, in a manner of speaking, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "as it were" in the title:

an invisible hand and eye, as it were
as if it was/were yesterday - grammar
as if it were / was - grammar
as if it were built on sand
as if it were yesterday
As it was / as it were
as it were
as it were
As it were
as it were
as it were - grammar
as it were by-the-bye
As it were to"
as it were...
as much as it were possible
as though our souls were already fitted now to bid it stay, needing no further fashioning
as you say/as it were
But it was soon resurrected, as it were.
But the case was soon resurrected, as it were.
for him it was normal to treat his wife and children as if they were possessions
If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."--Lewis Carroll - grammar
if you will, as it were
It is as if I were in the same room as a huge, fierce dog
it is quite possible you can have your cake and eat it, as it were."
It is, as it were...
it looks very much as though there were
It sounded as if things were coming and big burst and wafts of music.
Phrases and cases that take subjunctive (were) =as if it, I wish, If I - grammar
She knows it's too late as were walking on by
Slights on his personal appearance were it seemed as nothing to the danger he had spotted.
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