- en balde
- en baldein vain* * *= in vain, vainly, to no avail, of no availEx. In vain I walked from one end of London to the other, and trod the 'stony-hearted streets' from morning to night, day after day.Ex. A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.Ex. So when the user looked to no avail under all of these entries, he understandably concluded the library did not own the volume.Ex. All medicines were tried but of no avail, he remained in his state of absolute forgetfulness of the world.* * *= in vain, vainly, to no avail, of no avail
Ex: In vain I walked from one end of London to the other, and trod the 'stony-hearted streets' from morning to night, day after day.
Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.Ex: So when the user looked to no avail under all of these entries, he understandably concluded the library did not own the volume.Ex: All medicines were tried but of no avail, he remained in his state of absolute forgetfulness of the world.
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.