modo

/ˈmodo/, [ˈmo.ð̞o]

mode, way


Noun modo m (plural modos)

  1. way, manner
    a mi modo de ver
    the way I see it
  2. (grammar) mood
  3. (following "ni") (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well)
    Ni modo, es un trabajo sucio pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.
    Oh well, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it.

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Examples
  • Me las compondré de algún modo.

    I'll get along somehow.

  • No hay modo de confirmar que él esté vivo.

    There is no way to confirm that he is alive.

  • Me gustaría decir unas cuantas palabras en modo de disculpa.

    I'd like to say a few words by way of apology.

  • De cualquier modo es demasiado tarde.

    It's too late, anyhow.

  • Después de perder su trabajo, no podía permitirse alimentar a los perros, de modo que los regaló.

    After she lost her job, she couldn't afford to feed her dogs, so she gave them away.

  • De modo que la amistad es también un requisito para la felicidad.

    So friendship is also a requirement for happiness.

  • No me disgusta la agricultura de ningún modo.

    By no means do I dislike farming.

  • Seguramente Tom estará harto del modo en que Mary se está comportando últimamente.

    Tom's probably sick and tired of the way Mary's been behaving lately.

  • Hay un modo mejor.

    There is a better way.

  • Mientras que un crítico atacó la novela tildándola como "irritante improvisación de un sociólogo adolescente", un crítico más empático la evaluó como "graciosa y brillante en un modo ligero".

    While one reviewer savaged the novel as the "irritating noodlings of a teen-age sociologist", a more sympathetic reviewer thought it "funny and offhandedly brilliant".

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