con creces
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon ˈkɾeθes/ [kõŋ ˈkɾe.θes] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /kon ˈkɾeses/ [kõŋ ˈkɾe.ses] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: con cre‧ces
Adverb
- (idiomatic, finance) with interest
- (idiomatic) dearly, amply
- Sin duda pagaré por ello con creces.
- No doubt I'll pay dearly for that.
- (idiomatic) in spades, by far, by a long way
Further reading
- “con creces”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024