good works in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for good works in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.good <comp better, superl best> [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] ADJ The usual translation of good, bueno, becomes buen when it precedes a masculine singular noun.

1. good food/quality/book/school:

8.2. good (kind):

your good lady Brit dated or hum

10. good (pleasant):

13.1. good (skilled, competent):

II.good [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] N

2.1. good U (benefit):

3.1. good <goods, pl > (merchandise):

mercaderías fpl AmS
géneros mpl de punto Spain

III.good [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] ADV

See also good morning, good evening, good afternoon

I.work [Am wərk, Brit wəːk] N

1. work U (labor, tasks):

3. work in phrases:

1. work (to earn a living):

III.work [Am wərk, Brit wəːk] VB trans

3.1. work (to force gradually, manipulate) + adv compl:

4.1. work < pt & pp worked or wrought> (to bring about) → wrought

good works in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for good works in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.good [gʊd] better, best ADJ

II.good [gʊd] better, best N no pl

III.good [gʊd] better, best ADV

IV.good [gʊd] better, best INTERJ

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
How these good works link to repentance is a source of much dispute.
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They maintained that good works were not only unprofitable, but obstacles, to salvation.
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They're told to smarten up, sober up, devote themselves to good works for a year and a day, then report back.
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The church teaches that salvation is by grace through faith and not by good works.
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He was generous to the poor and spent all he had in good works.
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True, she ought to be ashamed that she spends her wealth on baubles and not on good works.
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Among the principal means of grace are the sacraments (especially the Eucharist), prayers and good works.
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Reports of his good works continued well after his death, with further reports that he interceded in impossible cases.
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The doctrine of justification received its forensic form and the necessity of good works was emphasized in the interest of moral discipline.
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Good works follow after justification as its inevitable fruit.
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