easily

fácilmente

easily(i-zuh-li)

adverb

1. (without difficulty)

a. fácilmente

If we drive all day, we can easily get to San Francisco before dark.

Si manejamos todo el día, llegaremos fácilmente a San Francisco antes de que oscurezca.

b. con facilidad

If you continue to train like this, you will easily beat any boxer you go up against.

Si sigues entrenando así, derrotarás con facilidad a cualquier boxeador al que te enfrentes.

2. (by far)

a. con mucho

Sergio is easily the best dancer.

Sergio es con mucho el mejor bailarín.

3. (at a minimum)

a. por lo menos

He easily took ten shots before he made his first basket.

Lanzó por lo menos diez tiros antes de meter la primera canasta.

4. (in all likelihood)

a. fácilmente

They will easily hide any evidence of what they did.

Fácilmente esconderán cualquier prueba de lo que hicieron.

b. perfectamente

An owl easily becomes invisible among the trees.

Un búho se hace perfectamente invisible entre los árboles.

easily

adverb

1. (without difficulty, probably)

a. fácilmente

the information could easily be wrongla información puede muy bien ser errónea

easily the best/biggestsin duda alguna el mejor/mayor

that's easily saideso se dice pronto

2. (comfortably)

a. cómodamente, sin dificultad

he's easily 40andará por los 40 como poco

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easily [ˈiːzɪlɪ]

adverb

1 (without difficulty) [+win, climb, break, tire, cry] fácilmente; con facilidad

he makes friends easily hace amigos fácilmente or con facilidad

as a boy, he chattered and laughed easily

he talked easily about himself habló sobre sí mismo de forma relajada

we were talking easily now

don't give up so easily no te rindas tan fácilmente; she's easily pleased/upset es fácil complacerla/disgustarla; se contenta/disgusta fácilmente; the park is easily accessible by car el parque tiene fácil acceso con coche; don't worry, it's easily done (replying to apology) no te preocupes, le puede pasar a cualquiera; there were easily 500 at the meeting había fácilmente 500 en la reunión; it holds four litres easily caben cuatro litros largos; caben cuatro litros fácilmente; that will cost you £50 easily eso te costará fácilmente or por lo menos 50 libras; as easily as (if) con la misma facilidad que (si)

we can all [breathe] easily now

2 (very possibly) perfectamente; fácilmente

he may easily change his mind puede perfectamente or fácilmente cambiar de opinión; fácilmente cambia de opinión; (LAm) it could very easily happen again podría perfectamente or fácilmente ocurrir de nuevo

it could easily have been me who was hit by the bullet

this could easily be his last race bien podría ser esta su última carrera

it could occur here just as easily as in Africa she might easily decide to cancel the holiday Dishwashers may easily ruin wood or hand-painted china.

3 (by far) con mucho

he was easily the best candidate era con mucho el mejor candidato; there was easily enough to go round había más que suficiente para todos

This car is easily the most popular model. It was easily the biggest aeronautical research laboratory in Europe it's easily the best