young+but+clever

think hard/carefully — piénsalo mucho/bien

to think for oneself — pensar* por sí mismo

I'll have to think about it — tendré que pensarlo, (me) lo tendré que pensar

it doesn't bear thinking about — mejor ni pensarlo

to think OF something/somebody — pensar* en algo/alguien

think of the expense — piensa en el gasto

I hadn't thought of that — no se me había ocurrido eso

come to think of it... — ahora que lo pienso...

just think of it! — imagínate!

to think better of something: I was going to ask her but thought better of it se lo iba a preguntar pero recapacité y cambié de idea; to think twice — pensarlo* dos veces

to think OF -ING — pensar* + inf

what are you thinking of doing tonight? — ¿qué piensas hacer esta noche?, ¿qué tienes planeado hacer esta noche?

to think OF something: can you think of anything better? ¿se te ocurre algo mejor?; I couldn't think of anything to say — no se me ocurrió qué decir

to think OF something — acordarse* de algo

I can't think of his name — no me puedo acordar de su nombre

to think highly of somebody — tener* muy buena opinión de alguien, tener* a alguien en muy buen concepto

he thinks a lot of you — te aprecia mucho

I don't think much of her boyfriend — no tengo muy buena impresión de su novio

she thinks nothing of spending $500 in a restaurant — ella gasta 500 dólares en un restaurante como si tal cosa

think nothing of it — no tiene ninguna importancia

what are you thinking? — ¿qué estás pensando?

(just) think what that would cost — piensa (en) lo que costaría

I can't think where it was — no me puedo acordar de dónde estaba

I didn't think to look there — no se me ocurrió mirar allí

I thought you knew — pensé que lo sabías

what do you think you're doing? — ¿pero tú qué te crees?

who do you think you are? — ¿quién te crees que eres?, ¿qué te crees?

we thought we'd eat out tonight — esta noche tenemos pensado salir a cenar

who do you think did it? — ¿quién crees que lo hizo?, ¿quién te parece que lo hizo?

I think you'll find it's the only way — ya verá usted que es la única manera

I think, therefore I am — pienso, luego existo

give me time to think — dame tiempo para reflexionar

to act without thinking — actuar sin pensar

think before you reply — piénselo antes de contestar

I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking — lo siento, estaba distraído

now let me think, where did I last see it? — a ver, déjame pensar, ¿cuándo lo vi por última vez?

what are you thinking about? — ¿en qué estás pensando?

you've given us a lot to think about — nos ha dado mucho en que pensar

I'll think about it — lo voy a pensar

it's worth thinking about — vale la pena de pensarlo

you think too much about money — le das demasiada importancia al dinero

did you think I was going to give you the money? well, think again! — ¿creíste que iba a darte el dinero? ¡vamos, piensa un poco!

I'll be thinking of you — me acordaré de ti

think of me tomorrow in the exam — acuérdate de mí mañana, haciendo el examen

we didn't think twice about it — no vacilamos un instante

think of what might have happened! — ¡piensa en lo que podía haber ocurrido!

you can't think of everything — no se puede estar en todo

now I come to think of it... — ahora que lo pienso...

I couldn't think of the right word — no pude acordarme de la palabra exacta

we don't think much of him — tenemos un concepto más bien bajo de él

what do you think of him? — ¿qué opinas de él?, ¿qué te parece (él)?

to think highly of sb — tener muy buena opinión de algn, tener a algn en muy buen concepto

one has to think of the expense — hay que pensar en lo que se gasta

there are the children to think about — hay que pensar en los niños

he thinks of nobody but himself — no piensa más que en sí mismo

to think of (=wonder about, dream up) —

I thought of going to Spain — pensé en ir a España

have you ever thought of going to Cuba? — ¿has pensado alguna vez en ir a Cuba?

don't you ever think of washing? — ¿no se te ocurre alguna vez lavarte?

whatever were you thinking of? — ¿cómo se te ocurrió hacer eso?

I was the one who thought of it first — fui yo quien tuve la idea primero

whatever will he think of next? — ¡a ver qué es lo que se le ocurre ahora!

think of a number — piensa en un número

to think evil thoughts — tener malos pensamientos

I think (that) it is true — creo que es verdad

I don't think it can be done — no creo que se pueda hacer

you must think me very rude — va a creer que soy muy descortés

we all thought him a fool — lo teníamos todos por idiota

he thinks himself very clever — se cree muy listo

I think (that) you're wrong — me parece que estás equivocado

I don't think so — creo que no

what do you think I should do? — ¿qué crees que debo hacer?

what do you think you're doing? — ¿se puede saber lo que estás haciendo?

who do you think you are to come marching in here? — y tú ¿qué derecho crees tener para entrar aquí tan fresco?

I would have thought that... — hubiera creído que...

think what we could do with that house! — ¡imagina lo que podríamos hacer con esa casa!

to think she once slept here! — ¡pensar que ella durmió aquí una vez!

I can't think what you mean — no llego a entender lo que quieres decir

who'd have thought it possible? — ¿quién se lo hubiera imaginado?

try to think where you last saw it — intenta recordar dónde lo viste por última vez

I think we should wait, what do you think? — creo que deberíamos esperar, ¿qué opinas?

I was thinking that... — estaba pensando que...

did you think to bring a corkscrew? — ¿te acordaste de traer un sacacorchos?

I didn't think to tell him — no se me ocurrió decírselo

I thought/I'd thought I might go swimming — pensé/había pensado en ir a nadar

I never thought to hear that from you — nunca pensé que te oiría decir eso, nunca esperé oírte decir eso

"I paid him for it" - "I should think so too!" — -se lo he pagado -¡faltaría más!

think hard/carefully — piénsalo mucho/bien

to think for oneself — pensar* por sí mismo

I'll have to think about it — tendré que pensarlo, (me) lo tendré que pensar

it doesn't bear thinking about — mejor ni pensarlo

to think OF something/somebody — pensar* en algo/alguien

think of the expense — piensa en el gasto

I hadn't thought of that — no se me había ocurrido eso

come to think of it... — ahora que lo pienso...

just think of it! — imagínate!

to think better of something: I was going to ask her but thought better of it se lo iba a preguntar pero recapacité y cambié de idea; to think twice — pensarlo* dos veces

to think OF -ING — pensar* + inf

what are you thinking of doing tonight? — ¿qué piensas hacer esta noche?, ¿qué tienes planeado hacer esta noche?

to think OF something: can you think of anything better? ¿se te ocurre algo mejor?; I couldn't think of anything to say — no se me ocurrió qué decir

to think OF something — acordarse* de algo

I can't think of his name — no me puedo acordar de su nombre

to think highly of somebody — tener* muy buena opinión de alguien, tener* a alguien en muy buen concepto

he thinks a lot of you — te aprecia mucho

I don't think much of her boyfriend — no tengo muy buena impresión de su novio

she thinks nothing of spending $500 in a restaurant — ella gasta 500 dólares en un restaurante como si tal cosa

think nothing of it — no tiene ninguna importancia

what are you thinking? — ¿qué estás pensando?

(just) think what that would cost — piensa (en) lo que costaría

I can't think where it was — no me puedo acordar de dónde estaba

I didn't think to look there — no se me ocurrió mirar allí

I thought you knew — pensé que lo sabías

what do you think you're doing? — ¿pero tú qué te crees?

who do you think you are? — ¿quién te crees que eres?, ¿qué te crees?

we thought we'd eat out tonight — esta noche tenemos pensado salir a cenar

who do you think did it? — ¿quién crees que lo hizo?, ¿quién te parece que lo hizo?

I think you'll find it's the only way — ya verá usted que es la única manera

tanto... quanto... — (quantità) as much... as..., (numero) as many... as...

credevo ce ne fosse tanto — I thought there was (such) a lot, I thought there was plenty

tanti credono sia semplice farlo — many people believe it is easy to do

(altrettanto) tanto quanto — as much as

(con valore indeterminato) riceve un tanto al mese — he receives so much a month

della somma che ho a disposizione tanto andrà per il vitto, tanto per l'alloggio — of the money I've got so much will go on food and so much on accommodation

nell'anno millecinquecento e tanti — in the year fifteen hundred and something

(fraseologia) me ne ha dette tante! — he gave me a real mouthful!

non lavorare tanto! — don't work so hard!

perché piangeva tanto? — why was she crying so (much)?

stanno tanto bene insieme! — they go so well together!

(nei comparativi) tanto... quanto... — as... as...

starai via tanto? — will you be away (for) long?

non stare fuori tanto — don't stay out for long

(con valore moltiplicativo) due volte tanto — twice as much

tanto più insisti tanto più non mollerà — the more you insist the more stubborn he'll be

lo farò, tanto non mi costa niente — I'll do it, after all it won't cost me anything

fanne a meno, tanto a me non importa — do without then, I don't care

tanto è inutile — in any case it's useless

- e volte — many times

- i anni fa — many years ago

non ho -i soldi — I don't have much money

c'è ancora tanto tempo — there's still plenty of time

tanto tempo fa — a long time ago

fare -a strada — to go a long way

- e grazie! — thank you very much!

- i saluti — best regards

ho -a fame, paura — I'm very hungry, scared

la tua visita mi ha fatto tanto piacere — your visit really pleased me

c'era (così) tanto traffico che sono arrivato in ritardo — there was so much traffic (that) I arrived late

non ho tanto denaro quanto te — I haven't got as much money as you (have)

ogni -i anni — every so many years

-e teste, -e opinioni — there are as many opinions as there are people

ho tanto da fare — I've got a lot of things to do

ha ancora tanto da imparare — he still has a lot to learn

non ci vuole tanto a capirlo — it doesn't take much understanding

10.000 euro sono -i — 10,000 euros is a lot of money

- i dei luoghi che abbiamo visitato — many of the places we visited

- i (di loro) sono pensionati — many (of them) are pensioners

siamo in -i — there are many of us

è tanto così più alto di te — he's this much taller than you

è tanto che aspetti? — have you been waiting long?

non ci metterò tanto — I won't be long

è da tanto che non ci vediamo — it's been so long since we last met

non c'è tanto da qui alla stazione — it's not very far from here to the station

è già tanto se non ci sbatte fuori — we'll be lucky if he doesn't throw us out

è già tanto che sia venuta — it's already saying a lot that she came

aggiungi tanto brodo quanto basta per coprire la carne — add enough broth to cover the meat

lo dico non tanto per me quanto per te — I'm not saying it for my benefit but for yours

prenderà la sufficienza, a dir tanto — he'll get a pass, if he's lucky

a dir tanto ci vorranno ancora due ore — it will take another two hours at the outmost

l'Austria non mi attira tanto — Austria doesn't really appeal me

perché te la prendi tanto? — why do you care so much?

senza pensarci tanto — without thinking so much about it

sto tanto bene qui — I feel so good in here

tanto lontano da qui — so far away from here

tanto rapidamente — very quickly

così tanto — so much

tanto amato, chiacchierato — much-loved, much-talked about

tanto atteso — long awaited, longed-for

si crede tanto furbo — he thinks he's so smart

una cosa tanto bella — such a beautiful thing

è davvero tanto importante? — does it really matter?

è tanto più alta di lui — she's much taller than him

ogni tanto di tanto in tanto from time to time, every now and again; vedere qcn. di tanto in tanto — to see sb. occasionally o on and off

due, tre volte tanto — twice, three times as much

cento volte tanto — a hundredfold

è tanto bello quanto interessante — it's as beautiful as interesting

l'ho spiegato tanto a lei quanto a lui — I explained it both to her and to him

ha mangiato tanto da sentirsi male — he ate so much that he felt sick

essere tanto fortunato da fare — to be lucky enough to do

quanto più si invecchia, tanto più si diventa saggi — the older you grow, the wiser you get

tanto più lo conosco, tanto meno lo capisco — the more I know him, the less I understand him

non l'ho mai visto, né tanto meno gli ho parlato — I've never seen him, much less spoken to him

nessuno può andarsene, tanto meno lui — nobody can leave, least of all him

tanto per cambiare — for a change

tanto per cominciare — to begin with, for a start

tanto per parlare o per dire just to say something; tanto per sapere, l'hai fatto veramente? — just for the record, did you really do it?

tanto vale dire che... — you might just as well say that

essere pagato un tanto a pagina, al mese — to be paid so much a page, a month

un tanto alla o per volta — so much at the time

mi guardò con tanto d'occhi — he stared wide-eyed at me

prendilo pure, tanto non mi serve — take it, I don't need it

tanto è lo stesso — it makes no difference

è inutile, tanto non sta a sentire! — it's no use, he won't listen!

tanto peggio! — (so) much the worse! too bad!

tanto meglio (così) — (so) much the better

tanto meglio per te — good for you

tanto di guadagnato — all the better

non lo credevo capace di tanto — I didn't think he would go that far

non sono mai arrivato a tanto — I've never done such things

tanto (mi) basta! — it's enough (for me)!

né tanto né poco — not at all

quel tanto che basta per... — enough to...

se tanto mi dà tanto... — if this is the result..., if that's what I get...

non farla tanto lunga! — don't act it out!

tanto più che... — all the more so because