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Adverb
a sabiendas
- (idiomatic) knowingly; on purpose; knowing full well
1892, Leopoldo Alas, Superchería:Engañar a su madre para sacarle dinero, o lograr el cumplimiento de cualquier capricho, le parecía una obra de caridad, porque era ahorrarle el disgusto de hacerla consentir en una cosa mala, a sabiendas de que era malo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2017 December 29, Armando Martini Pietri, “El mundo cambia y no es solo asunto de nuevo año”, in El Nacional:El mundo está cambiando, la tiranía castrista agoniza en Cuba, la china conserva el mando, pero abre puertas gigantes a la iniciativa empresarial; el autoritarismo putiniano sueña con una Rusia superpotencia –a sabiendas de que misiles, tanques y batallones envejecen, se oxidan–, Moscú incentiva, entre corrupciones y liberalidades, que su economía crezca, progrese y alimente a sus ciudadanos.- The world is changing, the castroist tyranny is dying in Cuba, China retains control, but opens gigantic doors to entrepreneurship; Putinian authoritarianism dreams of a superpower Russia – knowing that missiles, tanks and battalions are getting old, rusting –, Moscow encourages, among corruptions and liberalities, that its economy grows, progresses and feeds its citizens.
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