Under the guidance of Pope Francis, the church is becoming rather socially oriented.Bajo la dirección del Papa Francisco, la iglesia se está orientando bastante hacia lo social.
we decided to camp, rather than stay at a hoteldecidimos acampar, en lugar de quedarnos en un hotel;I'll stay rather than go aloneprefiero quedarme a ir solo;I'd rather have this one than thatprefiero este a aquel;"would you like a sweet?" — "I'd rather have an apple"—¿quieres un caramelo? —preferiría una manzana
I'd rather have sherry
would you rather stay here?¿prefieres quedarte?;I'd rather stay in tonightpreferiría no salir esta noche;I'd rather he didn't come to the partypreferiría que no viniera a la fiesta
anything rather than that!¡cualquier cosa menos eso!
play anything rather than thattoca cualquier cosa que no sea eso
I'd rather notprefiero no hacerlo
I'd rather not sayprefiero no decirlo
"I'm going to have it out with the boss" — "rather you than me!"—voy a planteárselo al jefe —¡allá tú!
rather than disappoint her, I decided to goI'd like it done sooner rather than laterI'd rather [die]!I'd [much] rather go alone
2(somewhat)algo;un poco
he looks rather like his motherse parece un poco a su madre
I feel rather more happy todayhoy me siento algo más contento
I rather suspected as muchme lo sospechaba
I rather think he won't comeme inclino a creer que no vendrá
that is rather too deares algo caro (para mí etc)
the fruit is rather like a sweet chestnutit is rather more difficult than you think
3(quite)bastante
it's a rather difficult taskit's rather a difficult taskes una tarea bastante difícil
we were rather tiredestábamos bastante cansados;I was rather disappointedquedé bastante decepcionado;he did rather well in the examle fue bastante bien en el examen;"isn't she pretty?" — "yes, she is rather"—¿es guapa, eh? —sí, bastante;"are you keen to go?" — "yes, I am rather"—¿tienes ganas de ir? —sí que quiero
there's rather a lothay bastante
£20! that's rather a lot!¡20 libras! ¡es bastante caro!;I've got rather a lot of homework to dotengo muchos deberes que hacer
it's rather a pityes una pena or lástima
I'm in rather a [hurry]I rather [like] the decorative effect
4(more accurately)
rather it is a matter of moneyantes es cuestión de dinero;es al contrario or más bien cuestión de dinero;or rathero mejor dicho;es decir;a car, or rather an old bangerun coche, o mejor dicho, un trasto viejo
he explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it wassuddenly there stood before him, or rather above him, a gigantic woman
interjection
¡ya lo creo!;¡cómo no!; (LAm)
"would you like some?" — "rather!"¿quieres algo de esto? — ¡ya lo creo! or ¡por supuesto!