NI
NI [enˈaɪ]
sustantivo
1(abbr National Insurance) SS (f) (británico)
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ni
conjunction
also:
- ni… ni… -> neither… nor…
- ni mañana ni pasado -> neither tomorrow nor the day after
- no… ni… -> neither… nor…, not… or… (either)
- no es alto ni bajo -> he's neither tall nor short, he's not tall or short (either)
- no es rojo ni verde ni azul -> it's neither red nor green nor blue
- ni un/una… -> not a single…
- no me quedaré ni un minuto más -> I'm not staying a minute longer
- ni uno/una -> not a single one
- no he aprobado ni una -> I haven't passed a single one
- ni que -> as if
- ¡ni que yo fuera tonto! -> as if I were that stupid!
adverb
1
not even
- ni siquiera -> not even
- anda tan atareado que ni tiene tiempo para comer -> he's so busy he doesn't even have time to eat
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ni [nee]
conjunction
1
Neither, nor.
- Ni fui, ni tengo intención de ir, I did not go, nor do I intend to go. Ni le amo, ni le temo, -> neither love nor fear him
- Ni siquiera -> not even
- Ni usted lo sabe -> even you do not know it
- No dice ni si ni no -> he is neither pro nor con
- Ni a ti te lo dirá -> he won't tell even you
- Ni que fueses su mujer -> not even if you were his wife
- Ni come ni duerme -> he neither eats, nor sleeps
- Ni más ni menos -> no more, no less
- Ni tú ni yo le podemos ayudar ahora -> neither you nor I can help him now
- Ni siquiera -> not even
- No quiero ni vino ni cerveza -> I don’t want either wine or beer
- Se fue sin comer ni beber -> he left without eating or drinking
No quiere ni sal ni mostaza, he doesn't want either salt or mustard.
ni
conjunción
1 (y no) (con verbo negativo en inglés) or; (con verbo afirmativo en inglés) nor
no le gustan las plantas ni los animales he doesn't like plants or animals; no bebe ni fuma he doesn't smoke or drink; un edificio sin puertas ni ventanas a building without doors or windows; —a mí no me gusta —ni a mí "I don't like it" — "nor do I" "neither do I";o ni... ni ...: no tenía ni amigos ni familiares he had no friends and no family (either); he had no friends or family; he had neither friends nor family; no es ni blanco ni negro it's not black and it's not white (either); it's neither black nor white; no vinieron ni Juan ni Pedro Juan didn't come and neither did Pedro; neither Juan nor Pedro came; ni vino ni llamó por teléfono he didn't come and he didn't phone (either); he neither came nor phoned
ni lo sé ni me importa I don't know and I don't care; ni que lo hagas bien ni que lo hagas mal te dirán nada whether you do it well or badly, they won't say anything
2 (para dar más énfasis) even
no sabe ni dónde está Moscú he doesn't even know where Moscow is; ni a ti te lo dirá he won't tell even YOU; no lo compraría ni aunque tuviera dinero I wouldn't buy it even if I had the money; no tengo ni idea I have no idea; no ha llamado ni nada he hasn't phoned or anything; ni se sabe God knows; who knows?
ni siquierasiquiera not even
ni siquiera nos ha visto he didn't even see us; ni siquiera me llamó he didn't even phone me
ni unouno
—¿cuántos tienes? —ni uno "how many have you got?" — "not a single one" "none";o no hemos comprado ni un regalo we haven't bought a single present; no me ha dicho ni una palabra desde que llegó she hasn't said a single word to me since she got here; ni uno de sus parientes lo ha felicitado not (a single) one of his relatives has congratulated him; no tengo ni un duro I haven't got a penny
3 (exclamaciones)
¡ni hablar!hablar no way!; not on your life!
¿yo? ¿votar a esos? ¡ni hablar! me vote for them? no way! not on your life!;o
¡ni por esas!por
he intentado convencerla prometiéndole un regalo, pero ni por esas I tried to persuade her with a present but even that didn't work
ni queque
siempre cuidando de él, ¡ni que fueras su madre! you're always taking care of him, anyone would think you were his mother!; vaya unos humos que tiene, ¡ni que fuese un dios! he's so arrogant, he must think he's God!; ¡pero tú qué te has creído!, ¡ni que yo fuese tonto! you must think I'm stupid or something!; ¡qué curso ni qué curso! ¡yo he aprendido por mi cuenta! what are you talking about, taking a course? I've studied by myself!
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