Price vs What You pay for
Cuándo usar cada una en inglés, con significado, registro y ejemplos.
Price
Top 1000 (muy común)A1noun
What You pay for
Top 2000 (común)
Más común: Price
| Price | What You pay for | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciación | 🇬🇧 /["/praɪs/"]/🇺🇸 /["/praɪs/"]/ | 🇬🇧 //wɒt jʊ peɪ fɔː//🇺🇸 //wɑt jə peɪ fɔr// |
| Significado | The amount of money you need to pay for something. | The cost of something you get. |
| Ejemplo | The price of the book is ten dollars. | You always get what you pay for in terms of quality. |
| Registro | Neutral | Neutral |
| Qué tan común | Top 1000 (muy común) | Top 2000 (común) |
| Nivel CEFR | A1 | - |
| Categoría gramatical | noun | |
| Colocaciones | exorbitant, high, inflated, command, fetch, go for, climb, double, go up, level, range, hike, at a/the price, in price, a drop in price, a fall in price, a reduction in price | get what you pay for, what you pay for it, pay for quality, pay for service, reflected in what you pay for |
| Antónimos | free, costlessness | - |
| Errores comunes | Confused with 'prize' which is a reward for winning., Using 'price' as a verb when it should be a noun., Mixing up 'price' with 'value', which can have different meanings. | Confused with 'what you get for your money', which emphasizes results., Using it in very formal contexts, where specific terms should be used instead., Misunderstanding it as a question rather than a statement of cost. |
| Notas de uso | Used in everyday conversations about buying and selling. Not typically used in very formal writing, which might prefer 'cost'. | Use this phrase when discussing costs, expenses, or value received. It is often more casual than formal financial discussions. |
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Preguntas frecuentes: Price vs What You pay for
¿Cuál es la diferencia entre Price y What You pay for?
Price: The amount of money you need to pay for something. What You pay for: The cost of something you get.
¿Cuál es más común: Price y What You pay for?
Price es la más común en el inglés cotidiano.
¿Puedes mostrar un ejemplo de cada una?
Price: The price of the book is ten dollars. What You pay for: You always get what you pay for in terms of quality.
¿Puedo usar Price y What You pay for indistintamente?
No siempre. Price y What You pay for están relacionadas y a veces se solapan, pero difieren en registro, frecuencia y uso, así que cambiar una por otra puede alterar el significado o el tono. Revisa las diferencias de arriba antes de sustituir.