dearly

UK: /ˈdɪə.li/ US: /ˈdɪr-/

Translation

adv

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⇨ mucho

I would dearly love to go

Iría con mucho gusto

He loves his parents dearly

Quiere mucho a sus padres

to pay for sth dearly

⇨ salir caro,ra

He has paid dearly for leaving the company

Irse de la empresa le ha salido caro

(Definition of dearly adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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