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July 06, 2010, 07:04 AM
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In vain
It means without success or with no good result. (Sisyfus kept rolling the rock up the hill sucessfully but in vain
 ) Is para menos an acceptable translation?
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#2
July 06, 2010, 07:07 AM
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Mmmh...
 Doesn't look so to me. You could go with "en vano". in vain = en vano, vanamente, inútilmente; it was all in vain todo fue en vano; thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain no tomarás el nombre de Dios en vano; who’s taking my name in vain? (hum) ¿quién está hablando de mí? 
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July 06, 2010, 07:26 AM
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OK. So in vain translates as en vano.
Does no es para menos mean with good reason? In context it seemed to mean not in vain . Thank you Juan Pablo.
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July 06, 2010, 07:38 AM
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Yes, it seems like you say, 'and with good reason'.
For example, His dad got really angry, and with good reason. Su padre se puso muy furioso, y no es para menos. His brother was really hungry, and with good reason... after 12 hours without eating. Su hermano estaba muy hambriento, y no es para menos... después de 12 horas sin comer. 
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Lo propio de la verdad es que se basta a sí misma, aquel que la posee no intenta convencer a nadie. "An enemy is somebody who flatters you. A friend is somebody who criticizes the living daylights out of you."
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July 06, 2010, 08:53 AM
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I agree with JPablo.
"No es para menos" is to say that something (someone's reaction, for example) is the least that was expected.
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