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...con qué...

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

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Spanish term or phrase:...con qué...
English translation:...nothing to... with
Entered by: Daniela Hecht

14:54 Jan 20, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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
Local time: 06:41
nothing to... with
Explanation:
We have nothing to argue with
We have nothing to pay with
we have nothing to compete with
Selected response from:

Daniela Hecht
Chile
Local time: 07:41
Grading comment
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 +2anything
David Hollywood
4...with which to...
George Rabel
4what to .....with
Maria Karra


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


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


Explanation:
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George Rabel
Local time: 07:41
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 34
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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
Local time: 07:41
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
Local time: 07:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
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
Local time: 08:41
Native speaker of: English
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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