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afford Meaning in Spanish (afford significado en español)

permitir, costear, permitirse
Sinónimos:pagar
permitir in English:afford
Phonetic:perˈmitir
Plural: affords
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de afford en español es permitir, costear, permitirse. (Tener suficiente dinero o medios para pagar algo.)

Definitions of Afford

  1. 1
    verb
    costear

    To have enough money or means to pay for something.

    Tener suficiente dinero o medios para pagar algo.

  2. 2
    verb
    permitirse

    To be able to do something without experiencing negative consequences or difficulty.

    Ser capaz de hacer algo sin experimentar consecuencias negativas o dificultad.

Example Sentences

“I can't afford a new car right now.”

No puedo permitirme un coche nuevo ahora mismo.

“We can't afford to make that mistake again.”

No podemos permitirnos cometer ese error de nuevo.

“She can afford to be generous with her time.”

Ella puede permitirse ser generosa con su tiempo.

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Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

costearpagarpermitirse

In English:

bear the costmanage to paybe able to buy

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

no poder permitirseno poder pagar

In English:

cannot affordlack the meansbe unable to pay

Inflected Word Forms

past tenseafforded
present participleaffording
nounaffordability
adjectiveaffordable

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

can't afford to loseexpression

It is too important to lose or fail.

can't afford to missexpression

It is too important or beneficial to miss.