it's absolutely true

I'm absolutely certain — estoy segurísima or absolutamente segura

do you agree? - oh, absolutely! — ¿estás de acuerdo? - claro or por supuesto (que sí)!

• it's absolutely boiling in here! — ¡aquí dentro hace un calor infernal!

• he's absolutely delighted at being a father again — está contentísimo de volver a ser padre

• the food was absolutely disgusting — la comida era verdaderamente asquerosa

• punctuality is absolutely essential — la puntualidad es de vital importancia

• absolutely everybody — absolutamente todo el mundo

• absolutely everything — absolutamente todo

• I've looked absolutely everywhere for it — lo he buscado absolutamente por todas partes

• your hands are absolutely filthy — tienes las manos sucísimas or verdaderamente sucias

• it is absolutely forbidden to — + infin queda terminantemente prohibido + infin

• it's absolutely freezing in here! — ¡aquí dentro hace un frío que pela!

• it makes absolutely no difference — no cambia nada en absoluto

• absolutely nobody/ nothing — nadie/nada en absoluto

• to be absolutely right — tener toda la razón

• to lie absolutely still — permanecer tumbado completamente quieto

• are you absolutely sure? — ¿estás completamente seguro?

• it's absolutely true — es la pura verdad, es totalmente cierto

• absolutely not! — ¡de ninguna manera!

I'm absolutely certain — estoy segurísima or absolutamente segura

do you agree? - oh, absolutely! — ¿estás de acuerdo? - claro or por supuesto (que sí)!

you're absolutely right! — du hast völlig recht

absolutely fabulous/gorgeous — echt toll (ugs.)

he absolutely refused to do that — er wollte das absolut or durchaus nicht tun

it's absolutely amazing — es ist wirklich erstaunlich

absolutely fabulous/gorgeous — echt toll (ugs.)

He... had not yet won the Derby, or quite succeeded in getting his special strain of blue-ticked pointers to breed absolutely true to type. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Patrician’, part I, ch. III) — Он... до сих пор так и не выиграл дерби и не сумел вывести чистую, без примеси породу аспидных пойнтеров.

He was superficially so true to type he might have stood as the perfect pattern of smug suburbia. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Citadel’, book III, ch. 1) — По внешним признакам это был типичный образец обывателя из предместья.

Criminals always act true to type, Mr. Lomax. (A. Christie, ‘The Secret of Chimneys’, ch. XIV) — В действиях преступников, мистер Ломакс, всегда есть элементы шаблона.

I simply wanted to help — simplemente or solamente quería ayudar

I was simply furious! — estaba realmente or francamente furioso

I simply wanted to help — simplemente or solamente quería ayudar

I was simply furious! — estaba realmente or francamente furioso

it simply isn't true — es ist einfach nicht wahr

you simply must see that film — du musst den Film einfach sehen

I was simply trying to help — ich wollte nur helfen

to put it simply... — um es einfach auszudrücken...

very simply, he was short of money — er war schlicht und einfach knapp bei Kasse

does it hurt much? — fa tanto o molto male?

to be much the same — essere quasi uguale (as a)

in much the same way — più o meno nello stesso modo (as di)

very much — (a lot) molto; (absolutely) moltissimo, tantissimo

thanks very much — molte o mille grazie

as much — tanto (as quanto)

much as we regret our decision we have no choice — anche se ci dispiace o per quanto ci dispiaccia dover prendere una tale decisione non abbiamo scelta

so much for equality — colloq. addio uguaglianza

to make much of sth. — (focus on) dare importanza a qcs.

it's too much! — è troppo! (in protest) questo è troppo!

it's not o nothing much non è niente di che; it's not up to much BE non è un granché; he's not much to look at (fisicamente) non è un granché; she doesn't think much of him non ha una buona opinione di lui; I'm not much of a reader non sono un gran lettore, non amo molto leggere; it wasn't much of a life così non era vivere; I'm not much of a one for cooking — colloq. cucinare non è il mio forte

there isn't much in — BE o

to — AE

it — (in contest) = sono molto vicini

there isn't much in it for us — (to our advantage) non ci guadagnamo un granché

does it hurt much? — fa tanto o molto male?

to be much the same — essere quasi uguale (as a)

in much the same way — più o meno nello stesso modo (as di)

very much — (a lot) molto; (absolutely) moltissimo, tantissimo

thanks very much — molte o mille grazie

as much — tanto (as quanto)

much as we regret our decision we have no choice — anche se ci dispiace o per quanto ci dispiaccia dover prendere una tale decisione non abbiamo scelta

so much for equality — colloq. addio uguaglianza

to make much of sth. — (focus on) dare importanza a qcs.

it's too much! — è troppo! (in protest) questo è troppo!

it's not o nothing much non è niente di che; it's not up to much BE non è un granché; he's not much to look at (fisicamente) non è un granché; she doesn't think much of him non ha una buona opinione di lui; I'm not much of a reader non sono un gran lettore, non amo molto leggere; it wasn't much of a life così non era vivere; I'm not much of a one for cooking — colloq. cucinare non è il mio forte

there isn't much in — BE o

to — AE

it — (in contest) = sono molto vicini

there isn't much in it for us — (to our advantage) non ci guadagnamo un granché

that's perfectly true — tienes (or tiene etc) toda la razón

the plan worked perfectly — el plan salió perfectamente or a la perfección

• I'm perfectly all right — estoy perfectamente

• well, actually, we're perfectly happy about it — pues, la verdad, no nos importa en absoluto

• there may be some perfectly innocent explanation — puede que esto tenga una explicación totalmente inocente

• it is perfectly possible to eat well on a diet — es muy posible alimentarse bien aunque se esté a régimen

• you'll be perfectly safe here — aquí no correrás ni el más mínimo peligro

• we're perfectly satisfied with this — estamos plenamente satisfechos con esto

• look, it's perfectly simple — mira, es de lo más sencillo

• you know perfectly well what my answer will be — bien sabes or sabes muy bien qué respuesta te voy a dar

that's perfectly true — tienes (or tiene etc) toda la razón