Mas y menos
Literally: “of more.” When you use de más in a context of quantity, it means “extra” or “spare” but it can mean “out of line,” or “over” too. Some Spanish expressions are of anger and this is one example. This Spanish expression translates to “the more, the merrier.” This is an answer to questions like “do you mind if I come with two friends?” (¿te importa si voy con dos amigos?). No matter how much I try to succeed at the videogame, I can’t. Por más que intento pasar el videojuego, no puedo. You can add any verb afterwards, such as intento, in this example to mean “No matter how much I try”: “No matter how much” is the translation of this saying.
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Pro tip! The phrase más te vale changes meaning to “you’d better,” and it sounds threatening. Person 1: Would you like more toilet paper? You can use it instead of “better” in spite of its literal meaning of “it has more value.” Más vale is the answer to when someone asks you if you want more of something just in case. This is one of the most common Spanish expressions. Más bien dame tres canicas y yo al rato te devuelvo cinco.īetter yet, give me three marbles and I’ll give you back five later. Más bien faltan tres calles para llegar, no cuatro.Īctually, there are three streets to go, not four. Más bien has a literal meaning of “more good,” but what it means in practice is “actually,” “rather,” or “better yet.” Spanish expressions like these are important to sound like a native regardless of the construction of the phrase.
This translates to “beyond count,” “more times than I can count,” or “more than enough.” Learn more about when to use más de or más que. The difference with más allá is that más adelante also applies to time and means “later.” Más adelante can also mean “further away” when it comes to spaces. Salma Hayek está más allá del bien y del mal. But más allá del bien y del mal means “beyond good and evil,” or in other words, “larger than life.” Más allá means “further away” (in any direction) and you can use it to describe the location of things.