anything

=

cualquier cosa

pronoun

anything
[ˈenɪθɪŋ]
pronombre
1. algo (indeterminate)
  • is there anything I can do (to help)? -> ¿puedo ayudarte en algo?
  • have you anything to write with? -> ¿tienes con qué escribir?
  • will there be anything else? -> ¿algo más? (in shop)
  • have you anything smaller? -> ¿tendría algo más pequeño?
  • if anything should happen to me -> si me ocurriera algo
  • do you notice anything strange about him? -> ¿le notas algo raro?
  • is (there) anything the matter? -> ¿ocurre algo?
2. (in negatives)
    nada
  • he doesn't do anything -> no hace nada
  • hardly anything -> apenas nada
3. cualquier cosa (no matter what)
  • he eats anything -> come cualquier cosa
  • anything you want -> lo que quieras
  • I love anything French -> me gusta todo lo francés
  • he would do anything for me -> haría cualquier cosa por mí
  • he was anything but friendly -> fue de todo menos amable
  • are you angry? — anything but -> ¿estás enfadado or (especialmente español de España) enojado? — ni mucho menos (especialmente Am)
adverbio
también:
  • is it anything like the last one? -> ¿se parece en algo al anterior?
  • it didn't cost anything like £500 -> no costó 500 libras, ni muchísimo menos
  • the food wasn't anything like as bad as they said -> la comida no fue en absoluto tan mala como decían
  • as funny as anything (familiar) -> divertidísimo(a)
  • to work like anything (familiar) -> trabajar como loco(a)
  • it's not that you were wrong or anything (familiar) -> no es que estuvieras equivocado ni nada parecido

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anything [éni-zin]
  • pro -> 1. Algo, alguna cosa, cualquier cosa; con negación, nada. 2. Todo, todo lo que.
  • Have you anything to do just now -> ¿Tiene Vd
  • I haven’t got anything -> no tengo nada
  • Anything you want -> todo lo que usted quiera
sustantivo
  • To be as easy as anything -> ser coser y cantar, estar tirado
  • To be anything but stupid -> no ser nada tonto
adverbio
1. Algo.
  • Is he anything like his brother -> ¿Se parece algo a su hermano
  • He is anything but clever -> es todo menos inteligente
algo que hacer ahora mismo?

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