An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
1. (indicating kind)
a. tal She did not agree with such ideas.No estaba de acuerdo con tales ideas.
b. de ese tipo Such films are made on a very low budget.Las películas de ese tipo se hacen con un presupuesto muy bajo.
c. semejante I had never seen such a thing!¡Nunca había visto cosa semejante!
2. (indicating degree)
a. tanto There was such confusion that nobody knew what to do.Había tanta confusión que nadie sabía lo que tenía que hacer.
b. tal The heating made such noise that it was impossible to sleep at night.La calefacción hacía un ruido tal que era imposible dormir por la noche.
3. (indicating mode)
a. tal The dictionary is organized in such a way that information is easy to find.El diccionario está organizado de tal forma que es fácil encontrar la información.
4. (indicating quantity)
a. todo I gave him such information as I had.Le di toda la información que tenía.
5. (as a comparative)
a. This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
A house such as this is not easily found at this price.Una casa como esta es difícil de encontrar a este precio.
We had never encountered such a problem as that.Nunca nos habíamos encontrado con un problema así.
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).
6. (indicating degree)
a. tan I won't room with such an arrogant person.Yo no pienso vivir con alguien tan arrogante.
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).
7. (indicating kind)
a. tal Such was his wish, and I wanted to oblige.Tal era su deseo y yo quería complacerle.
8. (indicating degree)
a. tal His anxiety was such that he could not sleep.Su ansiedad era tal que no podía dormir.
such
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g. she).
1. (general)
a. if such were the caseen tal caso
and suchy otros(as) por el estilo
such is life!¡así es la vida!
philosophy as such is not taught in our schoolsla filosofía, como tal (asignatura), no se enseña en nuestros colegios
the text as such is fine but…el texto en sí está bien pero…
I wasn't scared as suchasustado, lo que se dice asustado, no estaba
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
2. (general)
a. talsuch a manun hombre así, semejante hombre
such ignorancetamaña or semejante ignorancia
animals such as the lion or the tigeranimales tales como el león o el tigre
did you ever see such a thing!¿has visto alguna vez algo parecido or semejante?
do you have such a thing as a screwdriver?¿no tendrás un destornillador?
how can you tell such lies?¿cómo puedes mentir de esa manera?
their problems are such that…sus problemas son tales or de tal calibre que…
there's the church, such as it isahí está la iglesia, que or aunque no es gran cosa
there is no such thingeso no existe
I said no such thingyo no dije tal cosa or nada de eso
on such and such a daytal día
in such a way that…de tal forma or forma tal que…
3. (formal)
a. until such time as may be convenienten tanto resulte conveniente
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).
4. (general)
a. tanI had never seen such a big housenunca había visto una casa tan grande
I had never heard such good musicnunca había escuchado una música tan buena
it was such a long time agopasó hace tanto tiempo
we had such a good time!¡nos lo pasamos tan bien!
such [sʌtʃ]
adjective
(of that kind) tal; (so much) tanto such a book tal libro; such books tales libros; books such as these semejantes libros; did you ever see such a thing? ¿has visto alguna vez cosa semejante?; ¿se vio jamás tal cosa?; I was in such a hurry tenía tanta prisa; it caused such trouble that ... dio lugar a tantos disgustos que ...; such an honour! ¡tanto honor!; it made such a stir as had not been known before tuvo una repercusión como no se había conocido hasta entonces; in such cases en tales casos; en semejantes casos; we had such a case last year tuvimos un caso parecido el año pasado; such is not the case la cosa no es así; on just such a day in June justo en un día parecido de junio; such a plan is most unwise un proyecto así es poco aconsejable; un proyecto de ese tipo no es aconsejable
writers such as Updikesuch writers as Updike autores como Updike such a man as Ganivet un hombre tal como Ganivet; such a man as you un hombre como tú; such money as I have el dinero que tengo; such stories as I know las historias que conozco; this is my car such as it is aunque valga poco, es mi coche; he read the documents such as they were leyó los documentos que había; such as? ¿por ejemplo?
such is life así es la vida
there's no such thing no existe tal cosa there's no such thing as a unicorn el unicornio no existe
the Gautier case was such a one el caso Gautier era de ese tipo
some such idea algo por el estilo
adverb
tan such good food comida tan buena; such a clever girl una muchacha tan inteligente; it's such a long time now hace tanto tiempo
pronoun
los que; las que we took such as we wanted tomamos los que queríamos; I will send you such as I receive te mandaré los que reciba
may all such perish! ¡mueran cuantos hay como él!
rabbits and hares and such conejos y liebres y tal
as such and as such he was promoted y así fue ascendido; there are no trees as such no hay árboles propiamente dichos; no hay árboles que digamos
we know of none such no tenemos noticias de ninguno así
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