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long2

UK: /lɒŋ/ US: /lɑːŋ/

Translation

adv
mucho tiempo
Have you waited long?
¿Llevas mucho tiempo esperando?
mucho
I won't be long
No tardaré mucho
as long as
con tal de que
I'll give it to you as long as you promise to take care of it
Te lo doy con tal de que lo cuides mucho
before long
pronto
for long
durante mucho tiempo
how long...?
¿cuánto tiempo...?
How long will it take to get there?
¿Cuánto tiempo queda para llegar?
long ago
hace tiempo
Long time no see!
¡Cuánto tiempo! [hace que no nos vemos]
no longer
ya no
I no longer go swimming every morning
Ya no voy todas las mañanas a nadar
He no longer lives here
Ya no vive aquí
(tb not any longer)
(Definition of long adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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