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and
, unstressed ənd, ən]
[ænd
conjunción
1y (in general); e [before i, hi]
  • she can read and write -> sabe leer y escribir
  • father and son -> padre e hijo
  • my father and brother -> mi padre y mi hermano
  • chicken and chips -> pollo con patatas fritas
  • go and look for it -> ve a buscarlo
  • come and see me -> ven a verme
  • try and help me -> intenta ayudarme
  • wait and see -> espera a ver
  • nice and warm -> bien calentito(a)
  • do that again and I'll hit you! -> como lo vuelvas a hacer, te pego
2(in numbers)
  • two hundred and two -> doscientos dos
  • four and a half -> cuatro y medio
  • an hour and twenty minutes -> una hora y veinte minutos
  • four and five make nine -> cuatro y cinco, nueve
3(expressing repetition)
  • hours and hours -> horas y horas
  • better and better -> cada vez mejor
  • she talked and talked -> no paraba de hablar
también:
  • and so on and so forth -> etcétera, etcétera

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and [and]
conjunción
1Y, e, conjunción copulativa: aun, si, que,
adjetivo & sustantivo
2Nombre del signo &.
  • Now and them -> de cuando en cuando, o de vez en cuando
  • And therefore -> por esta razón, por tanto
  • By and by -> luego, al instante
  • Better and better -> cada vez mejor
  • Here and there -> por aquí y por allí
  • To go and see -> ir a ver
  • And yet -> sin embargo, With ifs and ands, con dimes y diretes: con si y no
  • And so forth -> y así sucesivamente
(and), V. AMPERSAND.

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and [ænd] [ənd] [nd] [ən]
conjunction
1 y; (before i-, hi- but not hie-) e
you and me tú y yo; French and English francés e inglés; and? ¿y?; ¿y qué más?; and how! (informal) ¡y (no veas) cómo!
"Does that mean your family sometimes get in the way of your work?" "And how!" In any case, getting back to Rome was now a problem. And how! To start with, our civilization is older than yours. And how! We've been around since the beginning of recorded time
and/or y/o
2
better and better cada vez mejor; more and more cada vez más; more and more difficult cada vez más difícil
Life is supposed to get easier as you get older, but I find it just gets more and more difficult
3 (in numbers)
one and a half uno y medio; a hundred and one ciento uno; two hundred and ten doscientos diez; five hours and 20 minutes cinco horas y 20 minutos; ten dollars and 50 cents diez dólares y con 50 centavos;or
4 (negative sense) ni
without shoes and socks sin zapatos ni calcetines; you can't buy and sell here aquí no se permite comprar ni vender
5 (repetition, continuation)
she cried and cried no dejaba de llorar; lloraba sin parar; I rang and rang llamé muchas veces; he talked and talked habló sin parar cesar;or (LAm)
6 (before infin)
try and do it trata de hacerlo; please try and come! ¡procura venir!; wait and see espera y verás; come and see me ven a verme
7 (implying a distinction)
there are lawyers and lawyers! hay abogados y abogados
8 (implying a conditional)
one move and you're dead! ¡como te muevas disparo!; ¡un solo movimiento y disparo!
Flee and you are lost
In order to avoid two "i" sounds coming together, and is translated by e not y before words beginning with i and hi and before the letter y used on its own:
andeyihiy
... Spain and Italy ... ... España e Italia ...;... España e Italia ...
... grapes and figs ... ... uvas e higos ...;... uvas e higos ...
... words ending in S and Y ... ... palabras terminadas en S e Y ...;... palabras terminadas en S e Y ...
Words beginning with hie are preceded by y, since hie is not pronounced "i":
hieyhie
... coal and iron mines ... ... minas de carbón y hierro ...;... minas de carbón y hierro ...

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