the same as usual

We thought we would save money, but in the long run our spending was about the same as usual.

aveva lo stesso vestito — she had the same dress

abbiamo gli stessi gusti — we have the same tastes

al tempo stesso — at the same time

è sempre la stessa storia — it's always the same old thing

in quello stesso istante — at that very moment

quello stesso giorno — the very same day

oggi stesso — today

(rafforzativo: dopo sostantivo) il medico stesso lo sconsiglia — even the doctor o the doctor himself advises against it

è venuto il ministro stesso ad inaugurarlo — the minister himself came to inaugurate it

(rafforzativo: dopo pron pers sogg) l'ho visto io stesso — I saw him myself

voi stessi sapete bene che... — you (yourselves) know very well that...

lei stessa è venuta a dirmelo — she came and told me herself, she herself came and told me

(rafforzativo: dopo pron rifl) me stesso — myself

te stesso — yourself

se stessa — herself

noi stessi — ourselves

voi stessi — yourselves

loro stessi — themselves

ama solo se stesso — he only loves himself

di per sé stesso non ha un gran valore — it's not worth a lot in itself

l'ho visto con i miei stessi occhi — I saw it with my own eyes

l'ho sentito con le mie stesse orecchie — I heard it with my own ears

l'ha fatto con le sue stesse mani — he did it with his own hands

lo(la) stesso(a) — the same (one)

sei la stessa di sempre — you're the same as ever

chi canta? — lo stesso di prima — who's singing? — the same singer as before

per me fa lo stesso — it's all the same to me

per me è lo stesso — it doesn't matter to me

lo stesso avv — (comunque) all the same, even so

parto lo stesso — I'm going all the same

essere della -a grandezza — to be the same size

è (sempre) la -a cosa — it's (always) the same

porta lo stesso abito di ieri, di sua sorella — she's wearing the same dress as yesterday, as her sister

ero nella sua -a classe — I was in the same class as him

si pronunciano allo stesso modo — they're pronounced the same

quella sera -a — that very night

nel momento stesso in cui — at the very moment when

oggi stesso — this very day, today

nel tuo stesso interesse — in your own interest

il presidente stesso ha assistito alla cerimonia — the president himself attended the ceremony

gli esperti -i riconoscono che... — even the experts recognize that

io stesso — I myself

tu stesso — you yourself

lo stesso che o di — the same as

ti amo lo stesso — I love you just the same

ci andrò lo stesso — I'll go all the same

sonst keine Besucher/Zeitungen etc — no other visitors/papers etc

sonst noch Fragen? — any other questions?

wer/wie etc (denn) sonst? — who/how etc else?

bringst du all deine Freunde mit? – was denn sonst — are you bringing all your friends? – of course

sehen — I don't want to see you or anyone else

er und sonst keiner — nobody else but he, he and nobody else, he and he alone

wenn du sonst irgendjemanden kennst — if you know somebody else or anybody else or any other person

wenn du sonst irgendwann mal kommen kannst — if you can come some or any other time

sonst nichts/noch etwas — nothing/something else

sonst wo, nur nicht hier — anywhere (else) but here

wo soll ich hingehen? – von mir aus sonst wohin — where should I go? – (as far as I'm concerned,) anywhere you like

und wer weiß was sonst noch alles — and goodness knows what else

wo warst du sonst überall? — where else were you?

wie gehts sonst? — how are things otherwise or apart from that?

wenn ich Ihnen sonst noch behilflich sein kann — if I can help you in any or some other way

genau wie es sonst ist — just as it usually is

genau wie sonst — the same as usual

anders als sonst — different from usual

mehr/weniger als sonst — more/less than usual

der sonst so mürrische Herr Grün war heute direkt freundlich — Mr Grün, who is usually so grumpy, was really friendly today

(= früher) alles war wie sonst — everything was as it always used to be

war das auch sonst der Fall? — was that always the case?

wenn er sonst zu Besuch hier war — when he has visited us before

der sonst so freundliche Mann... — the man, who is/was usually so friendly,...

er hat es besser als sonst gemacht — he did it better than usual

alles war wie sonst — everything was [the same] as usual

haben Sie sonst noch Fragen? — have you any other questions?

sonst nichts, nichts sonst — nothing else

hat er sonst nichts erzählt? — [apart from that,] he didn't say anything else?

sonst was — (ugs.) something else; (fragend, verneint) anything else

er hat sonst was unternommen — he has tried all sorts of things

sonst noch was? — (ugs., auch iron.) anything else?

sonst wer — (ugs.) somebody else; (fragend, verneint) anybody else

er meint, er ist sonst wer — he thinks he's really something (coll.); he thinks he's the bee's knees (coll.)

sonst wie — (ugs.) in some other way; (fragend, verneint) in any other way

sonst wo — (ugs.) somewhere else; (fragend, verneint) anywhere else

wer/was/wie/wo [denn] sonst? — who/what/how/where else?

der sonst so freundliche Mann... — the man, who is/was usually so friendly,...

er hat es besser als sonst gemacht — he did it better than usual

alles war wie sonst — everything was [the same] as usual

haben Sie sonst noch Fragen? — have you any other questions?

sonst nichts, nichts sonst — nothing else

hat er sonst nichts erzählt? — [apart from that,] he didn't say anything else?

sonst was — (ugs.) something else; (fragend, verneint) anything else

er hat sonst was unternommen — he has tried all sorts of things

sonst noch was? — (ugs., auch iron.) anything else?

sonst wer — (ugs.) somebody else; (fragend, verneint) anybody else

er meint, er ist sonst wer — he thinks he's really something (coll.); he thinks he's the bee's knees (coll.)

sonst wie — (ugs.) in some other way; (fragend, verneint) in any other way

sonst wo — (ugs.) somewhere else; (fragend, verneint) anywhere else

wer/was/wie/wo [denn] sonst? — who/what/how/where else?

el mismo coche — the same car

estos dos vestidos son de la misma talla — these two dresses are the same size

respondieron al mismo tiempo — they answered together, they answered at the same time

lleva la misma falda que ayer — she's wearing the same skirt as yesterday

tengo el mismo dinero que tú — I've got the same amount of money as you

tiene el mismo pelo que su padre — his hair's the same as his father's

hablaba consigo mismo — he was talking to himself

lo hizo por sí mismo — he did it by himself

perjudicarse a sí mismo — to harm oneself

yo mismo lo vi — I saw it myself, I saw it with my own eyes

estuvo el mismo ministro — the minister himself was there

ni ella misma lo sabe — she doesn't even know herself

ella misma se hace los vestidos — she makes her own dresses

-¿quién responde? -a ver, tú mismo — "who's going to answer?" - "well, why don't you answer yourself!"

-¿cuál quieres? -ese mismo — "which one do you want?" - "that one there"

-¡es un canalla! -eso mismo pienso yo — "he's a swine!" - "my thoughts exactly"

viven en el mismo centro de Córdoba — they live right in the centre of Córdoba

en todos los países europeos, España misma incluida — in all European countries, including Spain itself

Ana es la generosidad misma — Ana is generosity itself, Ana is the epitome of generosity

es el mismo que nos alquilaron el año pasado — it's the same one they rented us last year

-¿y qué edad tienes tú? -la misma que él — "and how old are you?" - "I'm the same age as him"

no es la misma desde su divorcio — she hasn't been the same since her divorce

-¿es usted la señorita Sánchez? -¡la misma! — "are you Miss Sánchez?" - "I am indeed!"

leyó el texto pero no reveló el origen del mismo — he read the text without revealing its source

los políticos siempre dicen lo mismo — politicians always say the same (thing)

hizo lo mismo que ayer — he did the same as yesterday

¡hombre, no es lo mismo! — it's not the same (thing) at all!

- son unos canallas -lo mismo digo yo — "they're swine" - "that's (exactly) what I say"

nos contó lo mismo de siempre — she told us the usual story

-¿qué desea de beber? -lo mismo (de antes), por favor — "what would you like to drink?" - "(the) same again, please"

cuando le interese a él, o lo que es lo mismo, nunca — when it suits him, in other words never

le multaron por lo mismo que a mi — she got fined for the same thing as me

no es lo mismo hablar en público que en privado — it's not the same thing to talk in public as to talk in private

• dar lo mismo, da lo mismo — it's all the same, it makes no difference

me da lo mismo, lo mismo me da — I don't mind, it's all the same to me

da lo mismo que vengas hoy o mañana — it doesn't matter whether you come today or tomorrow

lo mismo no vienen — maybe they won't come

no lo sé todavía, pero lo mismo voy — I don't know yet, but I may well come

pídeselo, lo mismo te lo presta — ask him for it; you never know, he may lend it to you

• lo mismo que (=al igual que) —

en Europa, lo mismo que en América — in Europe, (just) as in America

lo mismo que usted es médico yo soy ingeniero — just as you are a doctor, so I am an engineer

suspendí el examen, lo mismo que Íñigo — I failed the exam, just like Íñigo

yo, lo mismo que mi padre, odio el baloncesto — I hate basketball, just like my father

nos divertimos lo mismo que si hubiéramos ido al baile — we had just as good a time as if we had gone to the dance

• lo mismo... que (=tanto... como) —

lo mismo te puede criticar que alabar — she's just as likely to criticize you as to praise you

lo mismo puede durar una hora que dos — it could last anywhere between one and two hours

aquí lo mismo te venden una vajilla que una bicicleta — they'll sell you anything here, from a dinner service to a bicycle

lo mismo si viene que si no viene — whether he comes or not

delante mismo de la casa — right in front of the house

en la capital mismo hay barrios de chabolas — even in the capital there are shanty towns

ahora mismo acabo de hablar con él — I've just been talking to him, I was talking to him only a moment ago

aquí mismo acampamos el año pasado — this is the exact spot where we camped last year

me dijo que me contestarían hoy mismo — he told me they'd give me an answer today

me contestarán mañana mismo — they'll give me an answer tomorrow

la misma historia de siempre — the same old story

nos gustan las mismas películas — we like the same movies

Roma ya no es la misma — Rome isn't the same any more

es el mismo que vimos ayer — it's the same one we saw yesterday

en el mismo centro de Lima — right in the center of Lima

en este mismo instante — this very minute

hablé con el mismísimo presidente — I spoke to the president himself

él mismo lo trajo — he brought it himself

se corta el pelo ella misma — she cuts her own hair

él mismo se pone las inyecciones — he gives himself the injections

lo mismo — ( la misma cosa)

siempre dice lo mismo — he always says the same (thing)

lo mismo para mí — the same for me, please

qué elegante te has venido! - lo mismo digo — you're looking very smart! - so are you o you, too

o lo que es lo mismo — in other words

pidió lo mismo que yo — he ordered the same as me

dar lo mismo: me da lo mismo si lo rompe I don't care if he breaks it; le da lo mismo con o sin azúcar he doesn't mind with or without sugar; da lo mismo quién lo haga — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference who does it

lo mismo — (como adv)

te ve por la calle y lo mismo no te saluda — you can meet him in the street and sometimes he doesn't even say hello to you

lo mismo puedes conseguir caramelos que una botella de whisky — you can get anything, from sweets to a bottle of whiskey

lo mismo que — ( al igual que)

nuestra empresa, lo mismo que tantas otras — our company, like so many others

los niños pueden ir lo mismo que los adultos — children can go as well as adults

se detuvo un coche y tres individuos bajaron del mismo — a car pulled up and three individuals got out

agradecemos su donativo, mismo que fue aplicado a la compra de medicamentos — we thank you for your donation, which has been used to buy medicines

aquí/ahora mismo — right here/now

hoy mismo te mando el cheque — I'll send you the check today

ayer mismo hablé con él — I spoke to him only yesterday

la misma historia de siempre — the same old story

nos gustan las mismas películas — we like the same movies

Roma ya no es la misma — Rome isn't the same any more

es el mismo que vimos ayer — it's the same one we saw yesterday

en el mismo centro de Lima — right in the center of Lima

en este mismo instante — this very minute

hablé con el mismísimo presidente — I spoke to the president himself

él mismo lo trajo — he brought it himself

se corta el pelo ella misma — she cuts her own hair

él mismo se pone las inyecciones — he gives himself the injections

lo mismo — ( la misma cosa)

siempre dice lo mismo — he always says the same (thing)

lo mismo para mí — the same for me, please

qué elegante te has venido! - lo mismo digo — you're looking very smart! - so are you o you, too

o lo que es lo mismo — in other words

pidió lo mismo que yo — he ordered the same as me

dar lo mismo: me da lo mismo si lo rompe I don't care if he breaks it; le da lo mismo con o sin azúcar he doesn't mind with or without sugar; da lo mismo quién lo haga — it doesn't matter o it makes no difference who does it

lo mismo — (como adv)

te ve por la calle y lo mismo no te saluda — you can meet him in the street and sometimes he doesn't even say hello to you

lo mismo puedes conseguir caramelos que una botella de whisky — you can get anything, from sweets to a bottle of whiskey

lo mismo que — ( al igual que)

nuestra empresa, lo mismo que tantas otras — our company, like so many others

los niños pueden ir lo mismo que los adultos — children can go as well as adults

se detuvo un coche y tres individuos bajaron del mismo — a car pulled up and three individuals got out

agradecemos su donativo, mismo que fue aplicado a la compra de medicamentos — we thank you for your donation, which has been used to buy medicines

aquí/ahora mismo — right here/now

hoy mismo te mando el cheque — I'll send you the check today

ayer mismo hablé con él — I spoke to him only yesterday

jak zwykle — as usual

ale zawsze — but still

na zawsze — for ever

tyle co zawsze — same as usual

zawsze gdy — whenever

raz na zawsze — once and for all

essere solito fare qc — to be in the habit of doing sth

è solito mangiare alle otto — he usually eats at eight o'clock, he is in the habit of eating at eight o'clock

era solito passeggiare di notte — he used to go for walks during the night

è sempre la solita storia! — it's always the same old story!

di solito — usually, generally, as a rule

di solito mi alzo alle sette — I usually get up at seven o'clock

(come) al solito — as usual

più tardi del solito — later than usual

alla -a ora — at the usual time

il solito trantran — the daily grind

è sempre la -a storia — it's always the same old story

sono solito fare — I usually do

ero solito fare — I used to do

come al solito — as usual

più, meno del solito — more, less than usual

se ne andarono prima del solito — they left earlier than was usual for them

più silenzioso del solito — more than ordinarily quiet

siamo alle -e! — here we go again!

sei sempre il solito — you never change