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en mangas de camisa: in shirt sleeves
en mantillas: in its infancy
en marcha: underway
en masa: en masse, in droves
en materia de: when it comes to, in matters of, regarding
en medio: halfway; at the midpoint; in the way; between (two or more things or people); however; nonetheless
en menos que canta un gallo: in two shakes of a lamb's tail, in a jiffy (very quickly)
en mi opinión: in my opinion
en mi parecer: in my opinion
en mi sentir: in my opinion
en miniatura: miniature; mini; small-scale
en nada: in a jiffy; in no time
en negro: illegally; cash in hand
en nombre de: on behalf of
en obras: under construction
en ocasiones: on occasion, occasionally, sometimes, at times
en off: off-screen
en off: off-screen
en olla: broke (having little money)
en oposición a: opposed to; opposing; as opposed to
en orden: in order; sorted
en orden a: regarding; as for; when it comes to; in order to; so as to
en otra parte: elsewhere, somewhere else; in another part
en otras palabras: in other words
en otro lugar: elsewhere, somewhere else, someplace else; in another place
en otro tiempo: formerly, in days gone past
en otros términos: in other words
en paralelo: in parallel
en parejas: in pairs
en parejas: in pairs
en paro: unemployed
en parte: partly, in part, partially
en partes: piecemeal; bit by bit
en particular: in particular
en paz: in peace
en pañales: in the very early stages of something; still green; wet behind the ears
en paños menores: in one's underwear; underweared
en peligro: endangered, imperilled, in danger, in peril; threatened, compromised, in jeopardy, under threat
en peligro: in danger; on the line, in jeopardy, at risk
en pelotas: in the buff, starkers, nude
en pequeño: small-scale; mini
en pequeño: on a small scale
en persona: in person
en perspectiva: in the pipeline; in hindsight
en picada: synonym of en picado
en picado: downward; plummetingly
en pie: Not gone, not destroyed, not yielding, etc. Standing, prevailing, remaining, intact, in place.
en pie de guerra: on a war footing (ready)
en plan: just as, like, -like, -style (a filler, implying doing something in a certain way)
en plata: clearly; crystal clear; in sum
en pocas palabras: in short, in a word, in a nutshell, in a few words, in brief
en poco: any time now
en porreta: naked, buck naked
en porreta picada: in the buff, in the nuddy
en porretas: in the buff, in the nuddy
en pos de: in pursuit of
en potencia: potential
en previsión de: as a precaution against
en primer lugar: firstly; first up; first of all
en primer término: in the foreground; first of all; first up