qua

adv. como

en funciones de, en su condición de, en cuanto, como

Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.
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*sine qua non = sine qua non

adv. aquí, acá

= como, como tal
Ex: Such a concept came as a great surprise to many information educators who rather dismissively regarded the information qua information field of activity as being too limited.
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* sine qua non = sine qua non