English
Etymology
From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”).
Noun
pros and cons pl (plural only)
- (plural only) The positive and negative attributes of arguments.
Synonyms
Translations
for and against
- Arabic: مَحَاسِن وَمَسَاوِئ (maḥāsin wamasāwiʔ)
- Catalan: el pro i el contra (ca) m, els pros i els contres (ca) m pl
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 優缺點 / 优缺点 (zh) (yōuquēdiǎn), 利弊 (zh) (lìbì)
- Czech: pro a proti n pl, klady a zápory m pl
- Danish: fordele & ulemper
- Dutch: voordelen en nadelen
- Finnish: hyvät ja huonot puolet
- French: pours et contres pl, le pour et le contre
- Georgian: დადებითი და უარყოფითი მხარეები (dadebiti da uarq̇opiti mxareebi), პლუსები და მინუსები (ṗlusebi da minusebi)
- German: Für und Wider (de) n, Pro und Contra n, Vor- und Nachteile pl
- Greek: τα υπέρ και τα κατά n pl (ta ypér kai ta katá)
- Hebrew: בעד ונגד
- Hungarian: mellette és ellene, érvek és ellenérvek (hu)
- Italian: pro e contro pl
- Japanese: 賛否 (ja) (さんぴ, sanpi), 長短 (ja) (ちょうたん, chōtan)
- Korean: 장단점(長短點) (jangdanjeom)
- Latin: pro et contra
- Macedonian: предности и недостатоци (prednosti i nedostatoci)
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: za i przeciw pl, plusy i minusy pl
- Portuguese: prós e contras m pl
- Russian: за и про́тив (ru) pl (za i prótiv), плю́сы и ми́нусы pl (pljúsy i mínusy)
- Spanish: el pro y el contra m, los pros y los contras m pl
- Swedish: för- och nackdelar
- Tagalog: ayon at taliwas
- Turkish: artılar ve eksiler pl, avantajlar ve dezavantajlar pl, lehte ve aleyhte olanlar
- Ukrainian: за та про́ти (za ta próty)
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Verb
pros and cons
- third-person singular simple present indicative of pro and con