Sino in english
pronunciation: ɪfnɑt part of speech: adverb
si no = if not.
Example: If not, press the CTRL (Control) and Scroll Lock (Break) keys simultaneously to discontinue the search.sino1 = fate.
Example: The future importance of pre-coordinate indexing depends upon the fate of printed indexes.sino2 = but.
Example: This is not intended to imply that their ideas and views should be forever withheld, but to say that their ideas an views should be subject to the same scrutiny as those of the others.more:
» nadie sino = no one but .
Example: No one but an obsessed fanatic would suggest that reading is all or enough in itself.» no el domingo que viene sino el siguiente = (on) Sunday week .
Example: The meeting urged that the proposed strikes should begin Sunday week.» no el jueves pasado sino el anterior = last Thursday week .
Example: I have chicken pox, the rash started last thursday week and although the majority of spots have scabbed over, I'm still seeing a few new ones.» no el jueves que viene sino el siguiente = (on) Thursday week .
Example: The countdown has begun, classes start Thursday week.» no el lunes pasado sino el anterior = last Monday week .
Example: Since your illness began last Monday week the antibiotics should have eliminated the bacteria from your lungs.» no el lunes que viene sino el siguiente = (on) Monday week .
Example: I found my new job in the paper, and start Monday week.» no el martes pasado sino el anterior = last Tuesday week .
Example: Farmers are expected to lift the blockades later today on the remaining meat plants as the rest of the food processing industry returns to normal following the dispute which began last Tuesday week.» no el martes que viene sino el siguiente = (on) Tuesday week .
Example: The trial to determine whether he should receive the death penalty is to begin Tuesday week.» no el miércoles pasado sino el anterior = last Wednesday week .
Example: They have warned that if no action is taken protests, which started last Wednesday week, will be escalated, involving traffic hold-ups and other co-ordinated demonstrations.» no el miércoles que viene sino el siguiente = (on) Wednesday week .
Example: Voting will begin Wednesday week and end on Friday week.» no el sábado pasado sino el anterior = last Saturday week .
Example: After travelling over 6000km we are back to where it all started last Saturday week.» no el sábado que viene sino el siguiente = (on) Saturday week .
Example: We start Saturday week and play every Saturday until the end of July.» no el viernes pasado sino el anterior = last Friday week .
Example: It started last Friday week when I had to abandon a training session as my energy levels dropped through the floor.» no el viernes que viene sino el siguiente = (on) Friday week .
Example: By law the Union must give the employer seven days' notice of any industrial action meaning the walk-outs could start Friday week.» no estar muerto, sino todo lo contrario; = be far from dead .
Example: The 90's are long gone but the style trends are far from dead, take a look at these suggests and start living in the past this summer fashion.» no hacer sino = do + no more than .
Example: So, by making special provision for the disadvantaged, the library is doing no more than recognizing that there is a group that has special information needs.» no ser sino = be nothing but .
Example: She is nothing but a narcissist that wants to hang out with the so-called big wheels in this city.» no sólo ... sino también ... = not only ... but also ... .
Example: This translation will involve not only labelling the subject, but possibly also indicating related subjects, as has been discussed earlier.» sino más bien = rather .
Example: The intent of this book is not to accumulate a large number of cases; rather, the intent is to develop a set that illustrates the principles and theories of management in action.» sino (que) más bien = but rather .
Example: BASIC has been criticized for being a language not for professional programmers but rather for educational purposes, but it has been used in many applications programs.