sino

=

but

sustantivo

sino
masculine noun
1. fate, destiny
1. but (para contraponer)
  • no lo hizo él, sino ella -> he didn't do it, she did
  • no sólo es listo, sino también trabajador -> he's not only clever but also hardworking
2. except, but (para exceptuar)
  • ¿quién sino tú lo haría? -> who else but you would do it?
  • no quiero sino que se haga justicia -> I only want justice to be done

sino [see’-no]
conjunction
1. But: used in contrasting an affirmative idea with a negative.
  • No es blanco -> sino negro, it is not white, but black
2. Except, besides (salvo).
  • Nadie lo sabe sino Juan -> nobody knows it except John
3. Solely, only: always proceded by a negative proposition.
  • No sino -> not only so
noun
1. Fate, destiny. (m)

"sino" en el foro de Respuestas

P: Sino / Para
R: Gracias - yo miraré a la pagina. Martyn.
P: pero o sino
R: "not A but B" It may help you to think of "sino" as meaning "but rather" instead of simply "but".(which is normally "pero"). To the best of my knowledge…
P: Y si Ud esta en las posibilidades de enviarlo a mi me gustaria o sino le pido…
R: It's not too complex. The writer left out all punctuation and all accents, and has a couple mis-spellings, which makes it very "complicated" for anyone.
P: sino estas tu es mejor decir say la bi
R: if you are not here, it's better to say "that's life" this is typical modern mixed-up chat spellings
P: Haciendo no con alguien sino que espiritualmente porque la verdad no le veo futuro…
R: I'n not doing this to (with) someone because, spiritually, the truth is I do not see a future in this situation. I adore you with all my heart! Take care…
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