paciencia feminine nounpatience - ¡paciencia, que todo se arreglará! -> be patient, it'll all get sorted out!
- ¡qué paciencia hay que tener contigo! -> you'd try the patience of a saint!
- ¡este niño va a acabar con mi paciencia! -> I'm losing my patience with this child!
- armarse de paciencia -> to summon up one's patience
- perder la paciencia -> to lose one's patience
- tener más paciencia que un santo -> to have the patience of a saint
- tener paciencia -> to be patient
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paciencia [pah-the-en'-the-ah]nounPatience, endurance. (f)
Patience, the quality of expecting long without rage or discontent. (f)
Patience, forbearance, long-suffering. (f)
Slowness, tardiness in action. (f)
Exhortatory exclamation to have patience. (f)- Perder la paciencia -> to loose one's temper
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paciencia
sustantivo:femenino
patience ¡paciencia! (gen) be patient!; (S. Cone) that's just too bad!; acabársele agotársele la paciencia a algn: se me acaba agota la pacienciaoo my patience is running out wearing thin;o armarse cargarse revestirse de pacienciaoo to resolve to be patient; perder la paciencia to lose patience; tener paciencia to be patient; no tengo más paciencia my patience is at an end
¡paciencia y barajar! keep trying!; don't give up!
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