senón

Betekenis (Engels)

Prep

except

Conj

1. or else, otherwise
2. but rather

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[seˈnoŋ]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Old Galician-Portuguese senon, from se (“if”) + non (“not”). Cognate with Portuguese senão, Spanish sinó, French sinon.

Sinne

Os gardas están nas portas , non para impedir entrar , senón para impedir saír .

The guards are at the gates, not to prevent them from entering, but to prevent them from leaving.

Xa que logo , o príncipe non nace , senón que se elixe .

Therefore, the prince is not born, but is chosen.

Non é mellor un que outro senón que cada un ten vantaxes e desvantaxes.

Not one is better than the other but each has advantages and disadvantages.

Este movemento científico tivo unha serie de consecuencias non só tecnolóxicas senón tamén filosóficas .

This scientific movement had a number of not only technological but also philosophical consequences.