como si tal cosa — meaning & examples
Language: es
Meanings:
- To behave as if something were unimportant or unremarkable; to act nonchalantly or without concern.
- To do or say something matter-of-factly, showing no surprise or emotion.
Examples
BetaDespués del accidente, Juan siguió trabajando como si tal cosa, sin mostrar ningún signo de dolor.
After the accident, Juan kept working as if nothing had happened, showing no sign of pain.
Ella entró a la sala como si tal cosa, ignorando los comentarios negativos que había escuchado.
She entered the room as if nothing had happened, ignoring the negative comments she had heard.
Aunque recibió una mala noticia, actuó como si tal cosa para no preocupar a su familia.
Although she received bad news, she acted as if nothing had happened to avoid worrying her family.
Examples:
- ES: "Bay" está como si tal cosa.EN: "Bay" is as cool as a cucumber.
- ES: Está como si tal cosa, como en su yate.EN: Calm and relaxed like he was on his yacht.
- ES: La gente roba y mata... como si tal cosa y no pudiera hacer otra cosa.EN: People steal and kill, do whatever they want as if life's always been like this, as if there's no other choice. Money!
- ES: Solía recorrer 16 kilómetros por él como si tal cosa, sólo para lanzar en un partido.EN: I used to do 10 miles on that road like it was nothing, just to pitch a game.
- ES: ¿Crees que seguirá viniendo como si tal cosa?EN: I'm too ashamed to show my face in public!
- ES: Hablamos de pequeñeces, como si tal cosa.EN: We'll talk of small things, pretending nothing's wrong.
- ES: Mientras colocaba las flores, hablé con Maurice como si tal cosa.EN: As I did the flowers, I chatted on to Maurice just as if we had nothing better to do.
- ES: Nada. Ahí se ha quedado tirado como si tal cosa.EN: No.It is lying there looking rather,you know
- ES: ¿Llega con un paquete bajo el brazo como si tal cosa?EN: He just comes breezing in with a package of stuff under his arm?
- ES: Y usted continuará su propia guerra... como si tal cosa.EN: And you'll fight a war of your own! Your own private little war!
- ES: - Hala, como si tal cosa. - Cuidado con los baches.EN: Careful with the cows.
- ES: Viene usted como si tal cosa...EN: And you'd be a professor?
- ES: Dice usted como si tal cosa que soy "una de ésas".EN: You say, with a brazen face, that I'm one of those! Honourable!
- ES: Deja el mercado a la misma hora que cualquier otra noche. Conduce de vuelta a aquí, como si tal cosa.EN: Leave the market at the same time as any other night, drive back here as if you haven't a care in the world.
- ES: En cambio, tengo una inmobiliaria, y como me descuide, mis empleados me hacen perder dos millones como si tal cosa.EN: Instead, I've an agency of houses and lands... and if I don't keep my eyes open my workers make me lose millions. Understand?
- ES: ¿Pero es que te crees que una mujer puede engañar al marido y volver a casa como si tal cosa?EN: Do you really think that a woman can betray her husband and return home as nothing has happened?
- ES: Creías que te iban a dejar como si tal cosa. No, hijo...EN: Thought you'd get off that easy?
- ES: Ayer estaba como si tal cosa.EN: Yesterday, he was as right as rain.
- ES: Nadie me trae ladrones al despacho como si tal cosa.EN: No one else brings shop-Iifters to me like this
- ES: ¿Y ahora crees que puedes decir cosas como "divorcio" o "dimisión" como si tal cosa?EN: And now you think you can...say things like "divorce" and "resign" like some big shot?
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