Even and yet
For the word even in spanish there are 3 ways to say it aun, incluso, hasta! What are the differences between them and what is the difference between todavia and aún=there mean yet
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Todavía and aún are essentially synonyms. There are, from what I know, contextual preferences (todavía is used almost exclusively with negative sentences), with aún being slightly more useful with several extremely handy phrasal uses:
Más aún: Furthermore
menos aún: Let alone
From the SD:
El adverbio aún sigue las mismas pautas que todavía:
Aún follows the same translational rules as todavía (I urge you to read the article on todavía. Very informative!).
The RAE entry on incluso is somewhat helpful:
incluso, sa.
(Del lat. incl?sus).
adj. Contenido dentro de una cosa, o que está implícito en ella.
adv. m. Con inclusión, inclusivamente.
prep. Hasta, aun. Incluso a los enemigos amó. U. t. c. conj.
1) Adjective meaning of incluso that neither aun (adverb) nor hasta (adverb and preposition) can exactly replicate.
2) Seems like another individual use.
3) The third use is basically synonymous with hasta/adverbial aun. "Including/even his enemies he loved'/'he even loved his enemies' (aun amó a los enemigos).
So what do we have? Nothing definitive. It seems to me that incluso can very often be interchanged with aun. Hasta has some individual uses that incluso/aun can't fulfil ('Hasta luego' (till later) -> 'Aun luego' (even later) -> incluso luego (including/even later)).
There is no use in worrying about slight differences in meaning between similar words without context. Context is everything, and you will usually know what to use somewhere (or get corrected when you use the wrong word. Happens to everyone).
Oh, and next time, use Google and the SD thread search, please!
