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English translation: ...nothing to... with







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Spanish term or phrase:...con qué...
English translation:...nothing to... with
Entered by:Daniela Hecht
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Art/Literary - Linguistics / Street language
Spanish term or phrase: ...con qué...
This is a common Spanish expression:

No tenemos CON QUÉ argumentar...
No tenemos CON QUÉ pagar...
No tenemos CON QUÉ competir...

Sincerely, I believe I know how to say than in English for every particular scene. But, is there a general CON QUÉ equivalent in English?

Tks in advance from Medellín.
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
Colombia
Clarification request(s) and response
William Pairman: 8:26am Jan 21, 2005: Its not exactly street language, more a standard Spanish constructio -

nothing to... with
Explanation:
We have nothing to argue with
We have nothing to pay with
we have nothing to compete with
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Daniela Hecht
Chile
Note from asker to answerer
Many interesting answers here. But I will accomodate with this one. Thanks Daniela and tks. to everyone else. Greetings from Medellín.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3nothing to... with
Daniela Hecht
4 +2anythingDavid Hollywood
4what to .....with
Maria Karra
4...with which to...
George Rabel


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...con qué... ...with which to...

Explanation:
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George Rabel
United States
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 30
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...con qué... what to .....with

Explanation:
what to ..[verb].. with


Maria Karra
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GreekGreek
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
...con qué... nothing to... with

Explanation:
We have nothing to argue with
We have nothing to pay with
we have nothing to compete with

Daniela Hecht
Chile
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Many interesting answers here. But I will accomodate with this one. Thanks Daniela and tks. to everyone else. Greetings from Medellín.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Muriel Deimundo
14 mins
  -> gracias :)

agree Michele Fauble
3 hrs
  -> Gracias:)

agree Shawn Keeney
5 hrs
  -> gracias :)
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
...con qué... anything

Explanation:
covers most bases

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-01-20 14:58:06 GMT)
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or: the means to (higher register)

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-01-20 15:01:25 GMT)
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or: the means to (higher register)

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-01-20 15:02:58 GMT)
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so.... \"we don\'t have anything/ the means to\" etc

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Note added at 11 mins (2005-01-20 15:06:12 GMT)
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your context is street language so \"anything to \" or \"a thing to\" or even \"a sausage to\"

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Note added at 14 mins (2005-01-20 15:09:10 GMT)
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A very common expression to mean \"I don\'t have anything to (verb)\" is \"I don\'t have a sausage to (verb)+ prepostion\" (pay with, compete with, etc)

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-01-20 15:09:49 GMT)
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A very common expression to mean \"I don\'t have anything to (verb)\" is \"I don\'t have a sausage to (verb)+ prepostion\" (pay with, compete with, etc)

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Note added at 16 mins (2005-01-20 15:10:35 GMT)
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sorry about repetition :)

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Note added at 22 hrs 37 mins (2005-01-21 13:31:27 GMT)
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if it\'s a song ... \"we ain\'t got nothin\'\" (nothing) to etc .....

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Note added at 22 hrs 39 mins (2005-01-21 13:33:30 GMT)
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a grammatical horror (tautology and liguistically unacceptable but that\'s the nature of the beast :))

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Note added at 22 hrs 39 mins (2005-01-21 13:34:01 GMT)
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linguistically :)

David Hollywood
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Yvonne Becker: I agree with "we don't have teh means to..."
3 mins

agree William Pairman: As its a song I reckon "the means to" and "with which to" are way to formal - anything to pay with etc sounds fine
17 hrs
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