sake
/seɪk/Translation
for {God's/goodness/heaven's} sake
⇨ por Dios
⇨ por el amor de Dios
for sth's/sb's sake
⇨ por el bien de algo o alguien
for the children's sake por el bien de los niños
for the sake of sth
⇨ por
We are not going to argue for the sake of a few dollars No vamos a pelearnos por unos cuantos dólares
⇨ a causa de
for the sake of argument
⇨ pongamos el caso
to do sth for the sake of it
⇨ hacer algo por hacer
to argue for the sake of it discutir por discutir
(Definition of sake from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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