Translation for "servir tanto" to english

Servir tanto

• serve so much
• serve both

Translation examples

serve so much

Y luego servir tanto vino, cuando se sabe que no debemos beberlo, me parecía mal.
And then to serve so much wine when we are not meant to drink it, it seemed wrong.

de hecho, se apresta a servir tanto sin que la inciten, tan libremente, que, al verlo, uno diría que no ha perdido su libertad sino ganado su servidumbre. Quizá sea cierto, de entrada, que uno sirve porque ha de hacerlo, porque le obligan a ello, pero quienes vienen después sirven sin que les pese, y por su propia voluntad hacen lo que sus predecesores hicieron bajo coacción.
in fact, they proceed to serve so much without prompting, so freely, that one would say, on the face of it, they have not lost their liberty but won their servitude. It may be true that, to begin with, one serves because one has to, because one is constrained to by force; but those who come later serve without regret, and perform of their own free will what their predecessors performed under constraint.

serve both

Esas garantías pueden desempeñar una función importante: servir de incentivo para renunciar a la adquisición de armas de destrucción en masa y servir de disuasión.
Such assurances can play an important role: they can serve both as an incentive to forgo the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and as a deterrent.

Me pueden servir tanto el Sultán y el Malek Adil.
I can serve both the Sultan and Malek el Adil.

No había muchas líneas de continuidad, no había muchos objetos físicos que pudieran servir tanto en la infancia como en la edad adulta.
Not many lines of continuity, not many physical objects that could easily serve both the states of childhood and adulthood.

habían alquilado cuatro habitaciones, una de las cuales debía servir tanto de salón de Alfred Yule como de comedor familiar.
they rented four rooms, one of which had to serve both as Alfred Yule's sitting-room and for the gatherings of the family at meals.