Conforme = As?

Question

I just came across this phrase -

"Conforme vas vagando ...."

I'm guessing it means "As you wander about ...." or something similar.

How does 'conforme' work here? Can it mean 'as'?

Answer 1

That is one valid use for conforme, yes:

1. loc. prepos. Con arreglo a, a tenor de, en proporción o correspondencia a, de la misma suerte o manera que. Conforme a derecho, a lo prescrito, a lo que anoche determinamos. Se te pagará conforme a lo que trabajes.

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gracias :) - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 29, 2011

Answer 2

Hi MC, I'm reading a book about mountain-climbing in the Andes, and this word threw me too at first, it's used a lot as in sentences like this:

"As we climbed higher, the cloud cover increased."

I've just been trying to find you an example but my morning eyes just aren't finding it.

I think you're right, it seems to work well with the translation 'as' - like 'while'.

I've Googled it and found it used here in a sentence which suggests that we are understanding it correctly.

Conforme que nos alejamos de la juventud,ciertas células y moléculas de nuestro sistema nervioso tienden a desaparecer o limitar su funcionamiento....

Interestingly, when I navigated to the page, it's here written this way..

A medida que nos alejamos de la juventud, etc...

kewl thanx Sally :) - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 29, 2011