Enough is enough...or is it?

Question

How would you translate expressions with "enough".

Here is one: "The cube is not thin enough to fit inside the container."

Please provide an example. Thanks!

Answer 1

The problem with your examples is they all seem to have a missing implication.

He is not strong enough...to do something.

I am not rich enough ..to suit me or to buy whatever I want.

She is not thin enough... to be a model.

Enough seems to be like a comparison, it needs more to make sense...enough to....

In the context of enough to read the Note in this dictionary entry:

enough

Note:

Where the meaning … enough to … is being translated, the translation uses the structure lo bastante or lo suficiente … como para …: you aren't eating enough (to stay healthy) no estás comiendo lo suficiente or lo bastante (como para mantenerte saludable).

Answer 2

There are good examples here on SpanishDict's dictionary entry for "bastante"

Answer 3

Looking up "enough" in the (our) dictionary (which you could have done, yourself), provides "suficientemente" and "bastante" and a variety of expressions using each. One or the other (or either, indifferently) should have served your purposes.