there was a war

he comido — I have o I've eaten

había ido al cine — he had gone o he'd gone to the cinema

¡hubieran visto la casa! — esp LAm * you should have seen the house!

• haber de —

los has de ver — LAm you'll see them

ha de llegar hoy — esp LAm he should get here today

has de estar equivocado — esp LAm you must be mistaken

habían muchas personas — LAm there were many people there

• ¿ cuánto hay de aquí a Cuzco? — how far is it from here to Cuzco?

• los hay excelentes — some are excellent

• no hay, no hay nada mejor que... — there's nothing better than...

• ¿ qué hay? — (=¿qué pasa?) what's up?; (=¿qué tal?) how's it going?, how are things?

¡qué hubo! — Chile, Méx, Ven * how's it going?, how are things?

un amigo como hay pocos o donde los haya — a friend in a million

¡hay helado! — [dicho a voces] ice cream!; [en cartel] ice cream sold

"no hay entradas o localidades" — "sold out"

hay que trabajar más — [como mandato] you must work harder

• no hay más que, no hay más que leer las normas — all you have to do is read the rules

tres años ha — frm three years ago

años ha que no les veo — frm, hum I haven't seen them for years

bien haya... — (Rel) blessed be...

¿se habrán perdido? — do you think they've o they might have got lost?

ha de ser firmado por ambas partes — it has to o must be signed by both parties

¿cuántos kilómetros hay hasta Sevilla? — how many kilometers are there o is it to Seville?

gracias - no hay de qué — thank you - don't mention it o not at all o you're welcome

hola ¿qué hay/hay de nuevo? — (fam) hello, how are things/what's new?

es un poco largo - ¿qué hay? — (CS fam) it's rather long - so what?

¿qué hubo? — (Andes, Méx, Ven fam) how are things?

habérselas con alguien: tendrá que habérselas conmigo he'll have me to deal with; habido y por haber: todos los trucos habidos y por haber — every trick in the book (colloq)

haber que + inf: hay que estudiar you/we/they must study; hubo que romperlo we/they had to break it; hay que decir algo something has to be said; había que verlo! you should have seen him!; no hay más que apretarlo all you have to do is press it; no hay que darle muy fuerte — ( no es necesario) you don't need o have to hit it too hard; ( no se debe) you mustn't hit it too hard

los hijos habidos en el/fuera del matrimonio — children born in/out of wedlock (frml)

tener algo en su haber — (period) to have something to one's credit

los haberes que se le adeudan — moneys o monies owed to you (frml)

¿se habrán perdido? — do you think they've o they might have got lost?

ha de ser firmado por ambas partes — it has to o must be signed by both parties

¿cuántos kilómetros hay hasta Sevilla? — how many kilometers are there o is it to Seville?

gracias - no hay de qué — thank you - don't mention it o not at all o you're welcome

hola ¿qué hay/hay de nuevo? — (fam) hello, how are things/what's new?

es un poco largo - ¿qué hay? — (CS fam) it's rather long - so what?

¿qué hubo? — (Andes, Méx, Ven fam) how are things?

habérselas con alguien: tendrá que habérselas conmigo he'll have me to deal with; habido y por haber: todos los trucos habidos y por haber — every trick in the book (colloq)

haber que + inf: hay que estudiar you/we/they must study; hubo que romperlo we/they had to break it; hay que decir algo something has to be said; había que verlo! you should have seen him!; no hay más que apretarlo all you have to do is press it; no hay que darle muy fuerte — ( no es necesario) you don't need o have to hit it too hard; ( no se debe) you mustn't hit it too hard

los hijos habidos en el/fuera del matrimonio — children born in/out of wedlock (frml)

tener algo en su haber — (period) to have something to one's credit

los haberes que se le adeudan — moneys o monies owed to you (frml)

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¡ven acá o aquí! — come (over) here!

•¿y todo esto a quéviene? — what's all this in aid of?

• hacer venir a algn, le hicieron venir desde Londres — they had him come (all the way) from London

• venir (a) por algn/algo — to come for sb/sth

¡enseguida o ahora vengo! — I'll be right back! *

la guerra y todo lo que vino después — the war and everything that happened o came afterwards

• la honestidad le viene de familia — honesty runs in her family

el abrigo te viene algo pequeño — the coat is rather small on o for you

este puesto de trabajo me viene grande o ancho — this job is beyond me, this job is too much for me

• venir bien, ¿te viene bien el sábado? — is Saturday all right for you?

eso vendrá bien para el invierno — that will come in handy for the winter *

me vendría bien una copita — I could do with a drink *

• venir mal, mañana me viene mal — tomorrow is inconvenient

lo peor está por venir — the worst is yet o still to come

yo no tenía dinero y el niño venga a pedir chucherías — I didn't have any money and my boy was always o forever asking for little treats

vino a parar o dar a la cárcel — he ended up in jail

• venir a ser, viene a ser 84 en total — it comes to 84 all together

viene a ser lo mismo — it comes to o amounts to the same thing

venía hecho polvo — *he was shattered *

-¡hasta luego! -¡venga! — "see you later!" - "O.K.!" o"right!"

-me ha tocado la lotería -¡venga ya! — "I've won the lottery" - "you're kidding! *"

¿a qué vino? — what did he come by o around for?

venir por or (Esp) a por alguien/algo — to come for somebody/something, come to pick somebody/something up

no vengas tarde — don't be late home o back

venir con algo: me vino con un cuento he came up with some excuse; no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands; no me vengas con eso ahora don't give me that (colloq); y ahora viene con que necesita el doble — and now he says he needs double

me vino una gripe — I came o went down with flu

¿te viene bien a las ocho? — is eight o'clock all right o OK for you?

venirse abajo — persona to go to pieces; techo to fall in, collapse; estante to collapse; ilusiones to go up in smoke; proyectos to fall through

¿a qué vino? — what did he come by o around for?

venir por or (Esp) a por alguien/algo — to come for somebody/something, come to pick somebody/something up

no vengas tarde — don't be late home o back

venir con algo: me vino con un cuento he came up with some excuse; no me vengas con exigencias don't start making demands; no me vengas con eso ahora don't give me that (colloq); y ahora viene con que necesita el doble — and now he says he needs double

me vino una gripe — I came o went down with flu

¿te viene bien a las ocho? — is eight o'clock all right o OK for you?

venirse abajo — persona to go to pieces; techo to fall in, collapse; estante to collapse; ilusiones to go up in smoke; proyectos to fall through

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juega como yo — he plays like me o like I do

como este hay pocos — there are few like this o him

tiene ventajas, como son la resistencia y durabilidad — it has advantages, such as o like strength and durability

hazlo como te dijo ella — do it like * o the way she told you

toca como canta — she plays like * o the same way as she sings

no es como me lo imaginaba — it isn't as o like * I imagined it

• tal como, tal como lo había planeado — just as o the way I had planned it

hazlo como quieras — do it however you want o like

• como sea — at all costs

había como cincuenta — there were about o around fifty

vino como a las dos — he came at about o around two

sentía como tristeza — she felt a sort o kind of sadness

como no tenía dinero — as o since I had no money

• tal (y) como están las cosas — the way things are, as things stand

• de tanto como, tienen las manos doloridas de tanto como aplaudieron — they clapped so much their hands hurt

• como no, como no lo haga en seguida... — if he doesn't do it at once..., unless he does it at once...

siguió leyendo, como si no hubiera oído nada — he kept on reading, as if o as though he hadn't heard

sentí como si fuera a caerme — I felt as if o as though I was about to fall

como si no hubiera pasado nada — as if o as though nothing had happened

se comporta como si me odiara — he behaves as if o as though he hated me

como si fuera a llover — as if o as though it was going to rain

a como dé o diera lugar — at any cost

en algunos lugares como Londres — in some places such as o like London

bailó como nunca — she danced as o like she'd never danced before

así como — (frml) as well as

como él solo/ella sola: es egoísta como él solo he's so o he's incredibly selfish!; como mucho/poco at (the) most/at least; como nadie: cocina como nadie nobody cooks like her; como que...: conduce muy bien - como que es piloto de carreras he drives very well - well, he is a racing driver, after all; y no me lo dijiste - como que no lo sabía! and you didn't tell me about it - that's because I didn't know about it!; como ser (CS) such as, for example; como si (+ subj) as if, as though; ella está grave y él como si nada or como si tal cosa — she's seriously ill and he doesn't seem at all o in the least worried

no voy - como quieras — I'm not going - please yourself o as you like

como era temprano, nos fuimos a dar una vuelta — since o as it was early, we went for a walk

cansado como estaba, me ayudó — tired though o tired as he was, he helped me