Translation for "sino por ser" to english

Sino por ser

• but for being
• but because

Translation examples

but for being

Así que quiero agradecer a Robert Quinn no solo por ser un buen tipo, sino por ser mi padre.
So I want to acknowledge Robert Quinn... for not only being a really nice guy but for being my father.

No se trataba de ser valiente, sino de ser efectivo.
It wasn't about being brave. It was about being effective.

Su voz sonó metálica: -No jugaste al Diablo, sino a ser Dios.
Her voice sounded metallic. “You weren’t playing at being the Devil, but at being God.

No porque hubiera dicho que Jaime era hermosa, sino por ser un imbécil tan entusiasta.
Not for calling Jaime beautiful, but for being such an enthusiastic asshole.

but because

Menenhetet no sería consumido, no por ser bueno, sino por ser fuerte.
Menenhetet would not be used because he was a good man, but because he was a strong one.

Diego creía que se avergonzaba de él, no tanto por venir de las colonias, sino por ser mestizo.
Diego thought she was ashamed of him, not so much because he came from the colonies as because he was a mestizo.

No ascendió en la vida gracias a su ingenio, sino por ser capaz de estrangular a un hombre sin dejar huellas ni hacer el menor ruido.
He rose at first not because of his wit but because he can strangle a man without leaving a mark or making a sound.

A diferencia del discurso sobre la jerarquía del Ulises de Shakespeare, en La importancia de llamarse Ernesto, no se admira el orden por ser correcto o justo, sino por ser bello.
In Earnest, unlike the speech on “degree” by Shakespeare’s Ulysses, order is admired not because it is right or just but because it is beautiful.

Aida se le opuso diciendo: —No se gastó ese dinero tratando de ganarse al príncipe tan sólo por ser príncipe, sino por ser hermano del Jedive;
Ai’da protested: “That money was not spent to curry favor with the prince just because he’s a prince, but because he’s the Khedive’s brother.

Si no le gusta es, no porque usted sea cabalmente un hombre corriente, sino por ser (si me permite decirlo) un fatuo sofisticado por las ediciones de Fleet Street.
If you dislike him it is not because you are a nice ordinary man, but because you are (if you will excuse me) a sophisticated prig of a Fleet Street editor.