con
preposition
1 (indicando compañía, instrumento, medio) with
vivo con mis padres I live with my parents; ¿con quién vas a ir? who are you going with?; atado con cuerda tied with string; lo tomo con limón I take it with lemon; con su ayuda with his help; ducharse con agua fría to have a cold shower
lo he escrito con bolígrafo I wrote it in pen; andar con muletas to walk on o with crutches; con este sol no hay quien salga no one can go out in this sun; con el tiempo in the course of time; with time
2 (indicando características, estado)
un hombre con principios a man of principle; llegó con aspecto relajado she arrived looking relaxed; un amigo con aspecto de jugador de rugby a friend who is built like a rugby player; gente joven con ganas de divertirse young people out for a good time; murió con 60 años she died at the age of 60
3 (indicando combinación) and
pan con mantequilla bread and butter; vodka con naranja vodka and orange; café con leche white coffee; arroz con leche rice pudding
4 (indicando contenido)
una cazuela con agua caliente a pan of hot water
un maletín con dinero a briefcase full of money
encontraron una maleta con 800.000 dólares they found a suitcase containing 800,000 dollars o with 800,000 dollars in it
5 (indicando modo)
se levantó con rapidez he got up quickly; ábrelo con cuidado open it carefully; anda con dificultad she walks with difficulty
desayunamos con apetito we ate our breakfast with relish
estar con algo estar con dolor de muelas/la pierna escayolada to have toothache/one's leg in plaster
está con la gripe he's got flu; con mucho gusto certainly; by all means
6 (como complemento personal de algunos verbos) to
¿con quién hablas? who are you speaking to?; voy a hablar con Luis I'll talk to Luis; se ha casado con Jesús she's married Jesús; she's got married to Jesús; estoy emparentado con la duquesa I am related to the duchess; no sabemos lo que va a pasar con nosotros we don't know what's going to happen to us; me escribo con ella she and I write to each other
7 (tras adjetivos) to; towards
amable con todos kind to o towards everybody; ser insolente con el jefe to be disrespectful to o towards the boss
8 (con decimales)
once con siete (11,7) eleven point seven 11.7; (11.7) un dólar con cincuenta centavos one dollar fifty cents
9 (pese a) in spite of
con tantas dificultades, no se descorazonó in spite of all o for all the difficulties he didn't lose heart; con ser su madre, le odia even though she is his mother she hates him
con todo (y con eso), la gente se lo pasó bien in spite of everything, people had a good time
10 (en exclamaciones)
¡vaya con el niño! the cheeky monkey! (familiar); ¡con lo bien que se está aquí! and it's so nice here too!
no me dejó ni un trocito, con lo que me gustan esos caramelos he didn't even let me have a tiny piece, and he knows how much I like those sweets
11 (indicando una condición)
11
con estudiar un poco apruebas with a bit of studying you should pass; cree que con confesarlo se librará del castigo he thinks that by owning up he'll escape punishment; con decirle que no voy, se arreglará todo when I tell him I'm not going, everything will be fine; con llegar a las seis estará bien if you come by six it will be fine; con llegar tan tarde nos perderemos la comida by arriving so late we're going to miss the meal