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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Conjunction
a menos que
- unless
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˈmenos ke/
- Syllabification: a me‧nos que
Conjunction
a menos que
- unless
2010, Adela Robles-Sáez, 3,000 locuciones verbales y combinaciones frecuentes, Georgetown University Press, →ISBN, page 71:El trabajo me salió muy largo así que tuve que cortar por lo sano y decirles que ya no iba a aceptar más ese tipo de trabajos, a menos que me pagaran mejor.- The job took me a long time so I had to cut my losses and tell them that I wasn't going to take those kinds of jobs anymore, unless they paid me better.
2023 September 18, Jacinto Antón, quoting Woody Allen, “Woody Allen: “La infidelidad sólo es buena en la ficción””, in El País:Hace muchos años escribí el guion de Pussycat [1965] e hicieron con él una película terrible, aunque muy popular. Nunca más he escrito un guion a menos que yo fuera el director.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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