igual

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equal

adjective

igual
adjective
1. the same (idéntico)(que as)
  • llevan jerseys iguales -> they're wearing the same jumper
  • son iguales -> they're the same
  • tengo uno igual que el tuyo -> I've got one just like yours
  • es igual de grande que el mío -> it's as big as mine, it's the same size as mine
2. similar (parecido)(que to)
  • de carácter son iguales -> they have very similar characters
3. (tal, semejante)
  • nunca había visto cosa igual -> I'd never seen the like of it
4. equal (equivalente)(a to)
5. even (liso)
6. constant (constante) (velocidad); even (clima, temperatura)
7. (Mat)
  • A más B es igual a C -> A plus B equals C
8. (sport)
  • van iguales -> the scores are level
masculine or feminine noun
9. equal
  • de igual a igual -> as an equal
  • sin igual -> without equal, unrivaled
adverb
10. the same (de la misma manera)
  • yo pienso igual -> I think the same, I think so too
  • es muy alto, al igual que su padre -> he's very tall, just like his father
  • baila igual que la Pavlova -> she dances just like Pavlova
  • por igual -> equally
11. perhaps (posiblemente) (peninsular Spanish)
  • igual llueve -> it could well rain
  • con suerte, igual llego mañana -> with a bit of luck I may arrive tomorrow
also:
  • dar o ser igual a alguien -> to be all the same to somebody (no importar)
  • es o da igual -> it doesn't matter, it doesn't make any difference
  • me da igual lo que piense la gente -> I don't care what people think

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igual [e-goo-ahl’]
adjective
1. Equal, similar, the same, alike (semejante), coequal, like another in any quality that admits comparison.
  • No vi nunca cosa igual -> I never saw the like
  • Me es igual -> it's all the same to me
2. Level, even (Ilano), flat.
  • Ir iguales -> to be level
3. Like, resembling, similar, uniform, equable.
4. Constant (constante), firm, determined, equanimous, consistent.
noun
5. The sign of equality, viz. (m)
  • En igual de -> instead of
  • Al igual -> equally
  • No tiene igual, he has not his like; it is matchless. Por igua -> or por un igual, equally, with equality
  • Sin igual -> not to be equalled
noun
6. Equal. (f)
  • Al igual -> equally
  • Ser el igual de -> to be the equal of
  • No tener igual -> to be unrivalled
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