How would you translate "depending on the circumstances"?

Question

How would you translate "depending on the circumstances"?

Answer 1

Today seems to the day of wordiness.

This sentence in Spanish would be even more wordy than it is in English. A more natural way to say it is: "Según que no tenga nada pendiente, podríamos encontrarnos mañana por la tarde (evening in English). Te llamo para confirmar."

Yes, Thta is much better Julian but I was transalting it to the best of my ability without the translator . Sadly I don't have your skills yet lol :) - FELIZ77, Mar 25, 2011

Paul, you´re doing fine, not to worry. Many times one has to simply take the idea from the original sentence and translate the idea rather than the words. Of course, it´s understood that to do this requires much exposure to both languages - 005faa61, Mar 25, 2011

Thank you Julian for your continued support and encouragement it is much appreciated :) - FELIZ77, Mar 29, 2011

Answer 2

Thanks for the speedy reply.

Here's the context: "Maybe we can hang out tomorrow night, depending on the circumstances, and I will call you to confirm."

Answer 3

According to our translator:

dependiendo de las circunstancias

We may need to see the rest of the sentence to see if the gerundio is appropriate. Will it be used an an adverbial phrase?

Answer 4

"Maybe we can hang-out tomorrow night, depending on the circumstances, and I will call you to confirm."

I think you could translate this phrase as:

= ''Quizás podemos pasar tiempo juntos mañana por la noche depender de las circumstancias, y te llamaré para confirmarlos.''(los planes)

both quizás and tal vez mean perhaps

I hope this helps

Answer 5

Our translator's attempt.

Tal vez podamos pasar el tiempo mañana por la noche, dependiendo de las circunstancias, y yo le llamará para confirmar.

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Quizás podemos pasar tiempo mañana por la noche depender de las circumstancias, y te llamaré para confirmarlos. (los planes)

Usually the verb infinitive translates as the "ing" form of the verb when it is used as a noun. I would suggest that the gerundio is correct there, but I'm not a native.

depende de also sounds correct if the sentence were:

"Maybe we can hang out tomorrow night, dependent on the circumstances, and I will call you to confirm."

Answer 6

Hello Coleman and Welcome to SpanishDict forum

To be dependent on something in Spanish is depender de.algo./alguien... (=something./someone )

eg The quality of the crop is dependent on the weather

La calidad de la cosecha depende del tiempo

You would need to give us some context eg an example sentence you would like translated in order for us to help you any further since so much correct translation depends on context

I hope this helps you