Translation for "expence" to spanish

Expence

• expensas

Translation examples

expensas

But I was certain your taste was too well formed, to be pleased at the expence of your understanding.
Pero estaba convencido de que su gusto sería demasiado exigente como para ser satisfecho a expensas de la inteligencia.

which might perhaps have diverted him, as he seldom or never smiles but at some other person’s expence.
seguramente le habría divertido dado que sonríe rara y únicamente a expensas de los demás.

But then, this is a fear too often cured at the expence of innocence, when Miss, by degrees, begins no longer to look on a man as a creature of prey that will eat her.
Claro que este temor se cura con frecuencia, a expensas de la inocencia, cuando la señorita, gradualmente, logra no mirar a un hombre como a una criatura de presa que va a devorarla.