sino

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but

∗ noun

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

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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)

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sino
sustantivo:masculino
fate; destiny
sino
conjunción
1 (pero) but
no son ocho sino nueve there are not eight but nine; no lo hace solo para sí sino para todos he's not doing it only for himself but for everybody; no solo ..., sino ... not only ..., but ...; no cabe otra solución sino que vaya él the only answer is that he should go
2 (salvo) except; save
todos aplaudieron sino él everybody except him applauded; no lo habría dicho sino en broma he could only have said it jokingly; he wouldn't have said it except as a joke
3 (únicamente) only
¿quién sino él se habría atrevido? only he would have dared!; no te pido sino una cosa I ask only but one thing of you;o

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