Come! Be patient, for this will not last long.
¡Vamos! Tenga usted paciencia, que esto no durará mucho.
—PALACIO VALDÉS.
(b) Last night is rendered anoche or ayer por la noche.
They must have stolen them from me last night.
Debieron de robármelas anoche.—ALARCÓN.
(c) At last is translated al fin or, more emphatically, al fin y al cabo.
At last! I was beginning to think that you were lost.
¡Al fin y al cabo! Yo empezaba a creer que se había perdido usted.
90. The verb to tell has three common translations. Meaning simply to say to it is rendered decir. Meaning to relate it is contar. Meaning to be effective it is rendered producir efecto.