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but [bʌt]
preposición
1. salvo, excepto (except)
- any day but tomorrow -> cualquier día salvo mañana
- it's nothing but prejudice -> no son más que prejuicios
- she is anything but stupid -> es todo menos tonta
- but for -> de no ser por, si no es por
- the last but one -> el/la penúltimo(a)
- the next but one -> el próximo no, el otro
adverbio
2. (Formal)
- he is but a child -> no es más que un niño
- had I but known! -> ¡si lo hubiera sabido!
- one can but try -> al menos, se debe intentar
conjunción
3. pero (in general)
- small but strong -> pequeño, pero fuerte
- I told her to do it but she refused -> le dije que lo hiciera, pero se negó
- but I tell you I saw it! -> ¡te aseguro que lo vi!
- what could I do but invite him? -> ¿qué otra cosa podía hacer más que invitarlo?
4. sino (direct contrast)
- not once but twice -> no una vez sino dos
sustantivo
también:
- no buts! -> ¡no hay peros que valgan!
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but [bat]
conjunción
1. Excepto, menos.
2. Pero (however), mas, sin embargo, no obstante.
- She was fired, but they were not -> la despidieron a ella, pero no a ellos
- You’re really bugging me but good! -> ¡qué manera de darme la lata
- But what made you say it? -> ¿pero por qué lo dijiste
- Surely he doesn’t believe that?-oh, but he does! -> no puede ser que se crea eso- pues sí que se lo cree
- But the -> (as linker); pero entonces (in that case)
- But then you never were very ambitious, were you? -> pero la verdad es que tú nunca fuiste muy ambicioso ¿no
- I don’t want to, but then again I do -> no quiero, pero a la vez o al mismo tiempo sí quiero
3. Solamente, no más que, que no.
- I cannot but go -> no puedo dejar de ir
- He is but just gone -> no ha hecho más que salir
- But for -> si no fuera por, a no ser por
- It is but a poor shift -> es un pobre efugio
- But little -> muy poco
- But few -> muy pocos
- But yet -> sin embargo
- The last but one -> el penúltimo
- But a while since -> hace poco
- But just now -> inmediatamente
4. (Lóg.) Es así que.
- Not ->
- Not only did she hit him -> but she also
adverbio & interrogación & preposición & sustantivo
5. (n)
preposición
6. Sin, excepto (except).
- Everyone but me -> todos menos yo o excepto yo o salvo yo
- The last street but one -> la penúltima calle
- The next street but one -> la próxima calle no, la siguiente
- I had no alternative but to go -> no me quedó otra alternativa que irme
- There’s nothing we can do but wait -> no podemos hacer otra cosa sino esperar, lo único que podemos hacer es esperar
- But for them, we’d have lost everything -> de no haber sido o si no hubiera sido por ellos, habríamos perdido todo
adverbio
7. Solamente.
- We can but try -> con intentarlo no se pierde nada
- He’s but a child -> no es más que un niño
- One can’t help but admire her audacity -> uno no puede (por) menos que admirar su audacia
interrogación
8. Exclamación de sorpresa o admiración.
sustantivo
- No buts: come here at once! -> no hay pero que valga, ¡ven aquí inmediatamente
(Coloq,) (used for introductory emphasis). Pero (however, still).. but..., no... sino...; It appears that she’s not Greek but Albanian, parece que no es griega, sino albanesa..., no sólo le pegó, sino que tambié
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