"a menos que" meaning in Spanish

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Conjunction

IPA: /a ˈmenos ke/, [a ˈme.nos ke]
Head templates: {{head|es|conjunction}} a menos que
  1. unless
    Sense id: en-a_menos_que-es-conj-yKafaXVE

Download JSON data for a menos que meaning in Spanish (1.3kB)

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          "english": "The job took me a long time so I had to cut my losses and tell them that I wasn't going to take those kinds of jobs anymore, unless they paid me better.",
          "ref": "2010, Adela Robles-Sáez, 3,000 locuciones verbales y combinaciones frecuentes, Georgetown University Press, page 71",
          "text": "El trabajo me salió muy largo así que tuve que cortar por lo sano y decirles que ya no iba a aceptar más ese tipo de trabajos, a menos que me pagaran mejor.",
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          "ref": "2023 September 18, Jacinto Antón, quoting Woody Allen, “Woody Allen: “La infidelidad sólo es buena en la ficción””, in El País",
          "text": "Hace muchos años escribí el guion de Pussycat [1965] e hicieron con él una película terrible, aunque muy popular. Nunca más he escrito un guion a menos que yo fuera el director.",
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