Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
...con qué...
English translation:
...nothing to... with
Added to glossary by
Daniela Hecht
Jan 20, 2005 14:54
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Ready Comprehensive 30 year experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
...con qué...
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
Street language
This is a common Spanish expression:
No tenemos CON QUÉ argumentar...
No tenemos CON QUÉ pagar...
No tenemos CON QUÉ competir...
Sincerely, I believe I know how to say than in English for every particular scene. But, is there a general CON QUÉ equivalent in English?
Tks in advance from Medellín.
No tenemos CON QUÉ argumentar...
No tenemos CON QUÉ pagar...
No tenemos CON QUÉ competir...
Sincerely, I believe I know how to say than in English for every particular scene. But, is there a general CON QUÉ equivalent in English?
Tks in advance from Medellín.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +3 | nothing to... with |
Daniela Hecht
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| 4 +2 | anything |
David Hollywood
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| 4 | ...with which to... |
George Rabel
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| 4 | what to .....with |
Maria Karra
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Proposed translations
+3
7 mins
Daniela Hecht
Chile
Chile
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Chile
Tambi
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Hebrew to Spanish, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Spanish term (edited):
...con qu�...
Selected
nothing to... with
We have nothing to argue with
We have nothing to pay with
we have nothing to compete with
We have nothing to pay with
we have nothing to compete with
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Muriel Deimundo
14 mins
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gracias :)
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| agree |
Michele Fauble
3 hrs
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Gracias:)
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| agree |
Shawn Keeney
5 hrs
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gracias :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many interesting answers here. But I will accomodate with this one. Thanks Daniela and tks. to everyone else. Greetings from Medellín."
4 mins
George Rabel
Native in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
34
Spanish term (edited):
...con qu�...
...with which to...
Saludos, Gabo
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6 mins
Maria Karra
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Engineer & Linguist
Native in: English , Greek
Works in: Greek to English, English to Greek, French to English, and 5 more.
Spanish term (edited):
...con qu�...
what to .....with
what to ..[verb].. with
+2
3 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
27
Spanish term (edited):
...con qu�...
anything
covers most bases
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-01-20 14:58:06 GMT)
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or: the means to (higher register)
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-01-20 15:01:25 GMT)
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or: the means to (higher register)
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-01-20 15:02:58 GMT)
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so.... \"we don\'t have anything/ the means to\" etc
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-01-20 15:06:12 GMT)
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your context is street language so \"anything to \" or \"a thing to\" or even \"a sausage to\"
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-01-20 15:09:10 GMT)
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A very common expression to mean \"I don\'t have anything to (verb)\" is \"I don\'t have a sausage to (verb)+ prepostion\" (pay with, compete with, etc)
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-01-20 15:09:49 GMT)
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A very common expression to mean \"I don\'t have anything to (verb)\" is \"I don\'t have a sausage to (verb)+ prepostion\" (pay with, compete with, etc)
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-01-20 15:10:35 GMT)
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sorry about repetition :)
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Note added at 22 hrs 37 mins (2005-01-21 13:31:27 GMT)
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if it\'s a song ... \"we ain\'t got nothin\'\" (nothing) to etc .....
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Note added at 22 hrs 39 mins (2005-01-21 13:33:30 GMT)
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a grammatical horror (tautology and liguistically unacceptable but that\'s the nature of the beast :))
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Note added at 22 hrs 39 mins (2005-01-21 13:34:01 GMT)
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linguistically :)
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-01-20 14:58:06 GMT)
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or: the means to (higher register)
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-01-20 15:01:25 GMT)
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or: the means to (higher register)
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 8 mins (2005-01-20 15:02:58 GMT)
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so.... \"we don\'t have anything/ the means to\" etc
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 11 mins (2005-01-20 15:06:12 GMT)
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your context is street language so \"anything to \" or \"a thing to\" or even \"a sausage to\"
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-01-20 15:09:10 GMT)
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A very common expression to mean \"I don\'t have anything to (verb)\" is \"I don\'t have a sausage to (verb)+ prepostion\" (pay with, compete with, etc)
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Note added at 15 mins (2005-01-20 15:09:49 GMT)
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A very common expression to mean \"I don\'t have anything to (verb)\" is \"I don\'t have a sausage to (verb)+ prepostion\" (pay with, compete with, etc)
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-01-20 15:10:35 GMT)
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sorry about repetition :)
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Note added at 22 hrs 37 mins (2005-01-21 13:31:27 GMT)
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if it\'s a song ... \"we ain\'t got nothin\'\" (nothing) to etc .....
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Note added at 22 hrs 39 mins (2005-01-21 13:33:30 GMT)
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a grammatical horror (tautology and liguistically unacceptable but that\'s the nature of the beast :))
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Note added at 22 hrs 39 mins (2005-01-21 13:34:01 GMT)
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linguistically :)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yvonne Becker
: I agree with "we don't have teh means to..."
3 mins
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| agree |
William Pairman
: As its a song I reckon "the means to" and "with which to" are way to formal - anything to pay with etc sounds fine
17 hrs
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