siquiera

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Univerbation of si +‎ quiera, literally “if [one] wants”; cf. also Old Spanish siquier, possibly from Latin sī quaerit. Cognate with Portuguese sequer.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /siˈkjeɾa/ [siˈkje.ɾa]
Rhymes: -eɾa
Syllabification: si‧quie‧ra

Adverb edit

siquiera

at least, at the least
(when used in the negative) even
Él molesta tanto que ni siquiera los sordomudos pueden soportarlo.
He's so annoying that not even deafmutes can tolerate him.

Conjunction edit

siquiera

if only

Derived terms edit

si tan siquiera

Further reading edit

“siquiera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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