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Table of contents

1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.2 Adverb 2.2.1 Translations 2.3 Conjunction 2.3.2 Translations 2.4 Preposition 2.4.3 Translations 3 Dutch 3.5 Noun 3.6 Synonyms 3.7 Noun 4 French 5 Frisian 5.8 Conjunction 5.9 Noun 6 Portuguese 6.10 Definite article f pl. 6.11 Personal pronoun, 3rd person f pl. 6.11.4 Usage notes 7 Spanish 8 Tok Pisin 8.12 Noun 9 Volapük 9.13 Preposition

Translingual

1. (Chemistry): symbol for arsenic

• French: aussi
• Interlingua: tanto
• Italian: tanto
• Portuguese: tão, tanto

1. In the same way that; according to what

   As you wish, my lord!

2. At the same instant that (=when)

   As I came in, she flew.

3. At the same time that (=while)

   He sleeps as the rain falls.

4. Varying through time to the same proportion that

   As the fear grew, my legs became heavier.

5. Considering that, because, since

   As it's too late, I quit.

• French: comme (1); quand (2); lorsque (3), pendant que (3); au fur et à mesure que (4); puisque (5), car (5)
• Interlingua: como (1); quando (2); durante que (3); a mesura que (4); proque, viste que (5)
• Italian: come (1); quando (2); mentre (3); (4); siccome (5)
• Portuguese: como (1); quando (2); enquanto (3); à medida que (4); porque, como, já que, visto que (5)
• Spanish: como (1); en el momento que (2); mientras (3); a medida que (4)

• Breton: ken ha, C'hwi 'zo ken bras ha me (You are as tall as me)
• Dutch: als
• French: que (Tu es aussi grand que moi - You are as tall as me); comme
• German: als
• Indonesian: sebagai, seperti
• Interlingua: como, quanto
• Italian: quanto, come
• Japanese: として (toshite)
• Portuguese: como, quanto
• Spanish: como

Noun

1. ash, ashes

Noun

1. axis, axle

1. ace

1. if, provided that
2. as, like

1. axis, axle

1. the

   Lá vêm as nuvens. = "There come the clouds."

1. Them (as a direct object; as an indirect object, see lhes; after prepositions, see elas).

   Encontrei-as na rua. = "I met them at the street."

• Becomes -las after verb forms ending in -r, -s, or -z, the pronouns nos and vos, and the adverb eis; the ending letter causing the change disappears.

  After ver: Posso vê-las? = "May I see them?"

  After pôs: Quero pô-las ali. = "I want to put them there."

  After fiz: Fi-las ficar contente. = "I made them become happy."

  After nos: Deu-no-las relutantemente. = "He gave them to us reluctantly."

  After eis: Ei-las! = "Behold them!"

• Becomes -nas after a nasal diphthong: -ão, -am [ɐ̃w̃], -õe [õj̃], -em, -êm [ẽj̃].

  Detêm-nas como prisioneiros. = "They detain them as prisoners."

• In Brasil it is being abandoned in favor of the nominative form elas.

  Eu as vi. → Eu vi elas. = "I saw them."

1. ace (card)
2. ace (somebody very proficient at an activity)

Noun

1. buttocks, backside, ass (vulgar), arse (vulgar)