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de mas esta decir

English translation: Needless to say, ...


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Spanish term or phrase:de más está decir
English translation:Needless to say, ...
Entered by: MariaMast
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23:24 Nov 20, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics / linguistics
Spanish term or phrase: de mas esta decir
usado para expresar enfasis
romanelli
Needless to say, ...
Explanation:
Another option.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/needless to say

needless to say
It is so obvious that it doesn't need to be said, but.... Needless to say, I should have spent more time on the report, but I just didn't have it.


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Note added at 13 days (2009-12-04 05:54:03 GMT) Post-grading
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Les agradezco mucho a todos :))
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Local time: 14:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +20Needless to say, ...
MariaMast
3 +6it goes without saying that...xxxmediamatrix


Discussion entries: 3





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
it goes without saying that...


Explanation:
One option, in the absence of proper context.

xxxmediamatrix
Local time: 00:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joseph Tein: This one came to my mind first when I saw the question. I agree that it would depend somewhat on the rest of the sentence.
1 hr
agree  Natalia Pedrosa
8 hrs
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: Both options are correct. As Guillermo says, which one is better depends on the context.
10 hrs
agree  patricia scott
11 hrs
agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes: También correcta. Saludos. Alejandro
1 day9 hrs
agree  David Ronder
1 day12 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +20
Needless to say, ...


Explanation:
Another option.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/needless to say

needless to say
It is so obvious that it doesn't need to be said, but.... Needless to say, I should have spent more time on the report, but I just didn't have it.


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Note added at 13 days (2009-12-04 05:54:03 GMT) Post-grading
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Les agradezco mucho a todos :))

MariaMast
Local time: 14:58
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emma Ratcliffe
0 min
  -> Muchísimas gracias y saludos EMMA :)
agree  claudia16
15 mins
  -> Muchísimas gracias claudia :)
agree  Leonardo Lamarche: agree.
29 mins
  -> Muchísimas gracias Lamarche :)
agree  Esperanza González
30 mins
  -> Mil gracias Esperanza :)
agree  Alex Lago: Needless to say this is the right option :)
41 mins
  -> Thank you very much, cheers Alex :)
agree  Eileen Banks
1 hr
  -> Muchísimas gracias Eileen :)
agree  MariaPazMella: :)
1 hr
  -> Mil gracias Sweetblue :0
agree  Lesley Clarke
2 hrs
  -> Thank you very much Lesley :)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
2 hrs
  -> Muchísimas gracias Muriel :)
agree  Christine Walsh: Just right!
2 hrs
  -> Muchísimas gracias y saludos Chris :)
agree  Rocio Barrientos
3 hrs
  -> Mil gracias Rocio :)
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar
4 hrs
  -> Muchísimas gracias Rafael :)
agree  Ismael Torres
4 hrs
  -> Muchísimas gracias Ismael :)
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
4 hrs
  -> Mil gracias Claudia :)
agree  Silvia Killian Özler
5 hrs
  -> Mil gracias Silvia :)
agree  margaret caulfield
7 hrs
  -> Muchisimas gracias Margaret :)
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: Both options are correct. As Guillermo says, which one is better depends on the context.
10 hrs
  -> Mil gracias Cinnamon :)
agree  patricia scott
11 hrs
  -> Mil gracias patricia :)
agree  Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes: Con mi voto ya tendrás 19. Si llegas a 20, a lo mejor bates un récord. :-) Alejandro
1 day9 hrs
  -> Muchisimas gracias Alejandro y saludos :))
agree  David Ronder: I'm going for the record!
1 day12 hrs
  -> I don't know if it's a record but thank you very much for your contribution, cheers :)
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Dec 4, 2009 - Changes made by MariaMast:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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