Spanish-English translations for a duras penas

• eke out
  The old man eked out his pension by selling vegetables from his garden
  He eked out a living selling vegetables from the garden
• hardly
  As Commissioner Barrot has said, some states are delaying, but without confidence you could hardly blame them. Como ha dicho el Comisario Barrot, algunos Estados se están retrasando, pero sin confianza, y a duras penas se les puede culpar.
  The horrendous expenditure for the different sites can hardly be justified to EU citizens and taxpayers, particularly during the economic crisis. El terrible gasto de los diferentes lugares a duras penas se puede justificar ante los ciudadanos y contribuyentes de la UE, en especial durante la crisis económica.
  I cant really deal hardly with people

Related words

• ganar a duras penas
• subsistir a duras penas
• a las duras y a las maduras