sin [sɪn]
sustantivo
1pecado (m)
- to be living in sin (Old-fashioned or humorístico) -> vivir en pecado
- it would be a sin to… (familiar) -> sería un pecado…
verbo intransitivo (pt & pp sinned)
2pecar
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sin [sin]
sustantivo
1Pecado, trangresión de la ley de Dios o de sus preceptos; maldad.
2Transgresión, falta, ofensa (offence).
- Like sin -> con vehemencia
- To fall into sin -> caer en el pecado
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Pecar, faltar a la ley de Dios o a sus preceptos. (n)
sin [sɪn]
noun
pecado; (m) sins of omission/commission pecados por omisión/acción; (m) mortal sin pecado mortal; (m) for my sins por mis pecados; it would be a sin to do that (Rel) sería un pecado hacer eso; sería un crimen hacer eso; to fall into sin caer en el pecado; to live in sin (old-fashioned) (unmarried) vivir amancebados; vivir en el pecado
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sin
preposition
1
without
- buscan gente sin experiencia previa -> they are looking for people with no o without previous experience
- sin alcohol -> alcohol-free
- ha escrito cinco libros sin (contar) las novelas -> he has written five books, not counting his novels
- está sin hacer -> it hasn't been done yet
- estamos sin vino -> we're out of wine
- muchos se quedaron sin casa -> a lot of people were left homeless, a lot of people lost their homes
- lleva tres noches sin dormir -> she hasn't slept for three nights
- sin que -> without
- sin que nadie se enterara -> without anyone noticing
- sin más (ni más) -> just like that
sin embargo
conjunctive phrase
1
however
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sin [seen]
preposition
1
Without, besides.
- Sin embargo -> notwithstanding, nevertheless, however
- Sin pies ni cabeza -> without head or tail, without order
- Almendras sin cáscara -> shelled almonds
- Salió sin abrigo -> he went out without a coat
- Sin qué ni por qué -> without cause or motive
- Sin afeitar -> unshaven
- Sin lavar -> unwashed
- Sin saberlo ella -> without her knowing it
Joined to a verb it is a negative or privative.
sin
preposición
1 (seguido de sustantivo, pronombre) without
¿puedes abrirla sin llave? can you open it without a key?
lo hice sin la ayuda de nadie I did it without anybody's help; llevamos diez meses sin noticias it's been ten months since we've had any news; we've been ten months without news
parejas jóvenes, sin hijos young couples with no children; cerveza sin alcohol alcohol-free beer; non-alcoholic beer; un producto sin disolventes a solvent-free product; un vestido sin tirantes a strapless dress; los sin techo the homeless
un hombre sin escrúpulos an unscrupulous man
agua mineral sin gas still mineral water
estar sin algoestar
estuvimos varias horas sin luz we had no electricity for several hours; estoy sin dinero I've got no money
quedarse sin algoquedarse (terminarse) to run out of sth; (perder) to lose sth
me he quedado sin cerillas I've run out of matches; se ha quedado sin trabajo he's lost his job
2 (no incluyendo) not including; excluding
ese es el precio de la bañera sin los grifos that is the price of the bath, excluding not including the taps;o cuesta 550 euros, sin IVA it costs 550 euros, exclusive of VAT not including VAT;o
3 (indicando acción)
se fueron sin despedirse they left without saying goodbye; murió sin haber hecho testamento he died without having made a will; nos despedimos, no sin antes recordarles que ... (TV) before saying goodnight we'd like to remind you that ...; no me gusta estar sin hacer nada I don't like having nothing to do; I don't like doing nothing
(indicando continuidad) son las doce y el cartero sin venir it's twelve o'clock and the postman still hasn't come
llevan mucho tiempo sin hablarsellevan they haven't spoken to each other for a long time
llevamos dos meses sin cobrar we haven't been paid for two months
seguir sinseguir
(tras sustantivo pasivo) las camas seguían sin hacer the beds still hadn't been made; sigo sin entender para qué sirven I still don't understand what they are for
un montón de recibos sin pagar a pile of unpaid bills
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