useful

beans are a useful source of protein las judías son una buena fuente de proteína; a useful player un buen jugador; un jugador que vale; the time we spent in Spain was very useful nuestra estancia en España fue muy provechosa; he's a useful person to know es una persona que conviene conocer; it is very useful to be able to drive es muy útil saber conducir

useful capacity capacidad (f) útil

to come in useful ser útil; venir bien

your Spanish will come in useful in this job I bought the bike because I thought it might come in useful if the car broke down. The accommodation is some distance from the clubhouse, so a hire car comes in useful His diplomatic skills may come in useful to keep the conflict from developing into a full-scale war the reactors have a useful [life] of 30 years

the machine has reached the end of its useful life la máquina ha llegado al final de su periodo de funcionamiento

he lived a useful life tuvo una vida provechosa

to make o.s. useful ayudar; echar una mano (informal)

come on, make yourself useful! ¡venga, haz algo!; ¡vamos, echa una mano! (informal)

this discussion is not serving any useful purpose esta discusión no está sirviendo para nada útil or provechoso

I feel I am useful to the company me parece que le soy de utilidad a or útil a la empresa

2 (capable)

he's useful with his fists sabe defenderse con los puños

he's useful with a gun sabe manejar un fusil

to be useful with one's hands

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Examples

Phrases

very useful	muy útil
it is useful	es útil
useful phrase	frase útil
useful expression	expresión útil
other useful words	otras palabras útiles
it is very useful	es muy útil
not useful	nada útil
be useful	sé útil ser útil