pros and cons

English

Etymology

From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”).

Noun

pros and cons pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) The positive and negative attributes of arguments.

Synonyms

• fors and againsts
• advantages and disadvantages
• benefits and malefits
• boons and banes
• See also Thesaurus:pros and cons

Translations

for and against

• Arabic: مَحَاسِن وَمَسَاوِئ (maḥāsin wamasāwiʔ)
• Catalan: el pro i el contra (ca) m, els pros i els contres (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優缺點／优缺点 (zh) (yōuquēdiǎn), 利弊 (zh) (lìbì)

• Czech: pro a proti n pl, klady a zápory m pl
• Danish: fordele & ulemper
• Dutch: voordelen en nadelen
• Finnish: hyvät ja huonot puolet
• French: pours et contres pl, le pour et le contre
• Georgian: დადებითი და უარყოფითი მხარეები (dadebiti da uarq̇opiti mxareebi), პლუსები და მინუსები (ṗlusebi da minusebi)
• German: Für und Wider (de) n, Pro und Contra n, Vor- und Nachteile pl
• Greek: τα υπέρ και τα κατά n pl (ta ypér kai ta katá)
• Hebrew: בעד ונגד
• Hungarian: mellette és ellene, érvek és ellenérvek (hu)
• Italian: pro e contro pl
• Japanese: 賛否 (ja) (さんぴ, sanpi), 長短 (ja) (ちょうたん, chōtan)
• Korean: 장단점(長短點) (jangdanjeom)
• Latin: pro et contra
• Macedonian: предности и недостатоци (prednosti i nedostatoci)
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: za i przeciw pl, plusy i minusy pl
• Portuguese: prós e contras m pl
• Russian: за и про́тив (ru) pl (za i prótiv), плю́сы и ми́нусы pl (pljúsy i mínusy)
• Spanish: el pro y el contra m, los pros y los contras m pl
• Swedish: för- och nackdelar
• Turkish: artılar ve eksiler pl, avantajlar ve dezavantajlar pl, lehte ve aleyhte olanlar
• Ukrainian: за та про́ти (za ta próty)

Verb

pros and cons

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pro and con