bien vale la pena el esfuerzo

hizo el esfuerzo de ser amable — he made an effort o tried to be friendly

hizo el esfuerzo de ser amable — he made an effort o tried to be friendly

Ex: Eventually, it came to be recognized that the Classification Research Group's endeavours might be pertinent to the problem of alphabetical indexing.

tenía mucha pena después de la muerte de su hijo — she grieved a lot o was extremely upset after her son's death

• alma en pena — lost soul

• dar pena, da pena verlos sufrir así — it's sad to see them suffer like that

me daba pena dejar España — I was sad o sorry to leave Spain

• morir de (la) pena — to die of a broken heart

¿no podéis venir? ¡qué pena! — you can't come? what a shame o a pity!

¡es una pena que no tengamos más tiempo! — it's a shame o a pity that we haven't got more time!, it's too bad we haven't got more time! (EEUU)

mi habitación está que da pena verla — my room is in a terrible state *

• de pena, la economía va de pena — the economy is in a terrible state

• estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry state

• ahorrarse la pena — to save o.s. the trouble, save o.s. the bother *

• merecer o valer la pena — to be worth

• bajo o so pena de — [+ castigo, multa, prisión] on o under penalty of

bajo pena de muerte — on pain of death, on o under penalty of death

tiene prohibido hacerlo, so pena de ser expulsado — he is forbidden to do it, on o under penalty of expulsion

pena máxima — maximum sentence; (Ftbl) penalty

sentir o tener pena — to be o feel embarrassed, be o feel ill at ease

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

tenía/sentía mucha pena — he was o felt very sad

me da pena verlo — it upsets me o it makes me sad to see it

qué pena! — what a pity o shame!

de pena — (Esp) terrible

estar hecho una pena — to be in a sorry o terrible state

vale or merece la pena — it's worth it

no vale la pena intentar convencerlo — there's no point o it's not worth trying to persuade him

me contó sus penas — he told me his troubles o (liter or hum) woes

a duras penas — ( apenas) hardly; ( con dificultad) with difficulty

bajo or so pena de — (frml) on pain of (frml)

quitado de la pena — (Méx) blithely, gaily

Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.

• el abominable hombre de las nieves — the abominable snowman

• creerse muy hombre, se cree muy hombre — he thinks he's a real hard man

• pobre hombre, el pobre hombre se quedó sin nadie — the poor man o poor devil ended up all alone

no le hagas caso, es un pobre hombre — don't take any notice, he's just a sad little man *

hombre de leyes — lawyer, attorney (-at-law) (EEUU)

hombre de paja — stooge *

hombre de pro, hombre de provecho — worthy o good man

¡hombre, no me vengas con eso! — oh please o oh come on, don't give me that!

ser un hombre de pelo en pecho — to be a real man, be a he-man (hum)

hombre! qué sorpresa! — well! o hey! what a nice surprise!

hombre, no es lo mismo — come off it, it's not the same thing at all (colloq)

hombre, supongo que sí — well o I don't know, I suppose so

ser un hombre de pelo en pecho — to be a real man, be a he-man (hum)

hombre! qué sorpresa! — well! o hey! what a nice surprise!

hombre, no es lo mismo — come off it, it's not the same thing at all (colloq)

hombre, supongo que sí — well o I don't know, I suppose so

Ex: The decision has been made to use the term males instead of the term Men in the indexing of documents.