as if

Significat (Anglès)

Conj

1. As though; in a manner suggesting.
2. In mimicry of.
3. Indicating something that the speaker deems very unlikely, or is adamant that he or she would not do (see also interjection sense below).

Intj

Indicates that the speaker deems something highly unlikely.

Conceptes

com si

sí

Sinònims

as though

like

as

such as

just like

in a way

same as

as it were

seem

I thought

supposing that

if

oh

similar

since

so to speak

such

truly

just as if

like that

similar to

very thing itself

according to

as when

at all

completely

directly

entirely

evidently

in case

just as

kind of

quasi

quite

resembling

seemingly

Traduccions

als ob

comme si

como si

come se

alsof

quasi

como se

sanki

como para

als

güya

comme

وَكَأن

λες και

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌæz‿ˈɪf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: as ȝif

Heretat de anglès antic: *ealswā ġif

Cognat amb neerlandès: alsof

Cognat amb baix alemany: as of

Cognat amb alemany: als ob

In summary

From Middle English as ȝif, alls iff (“as if”), from Old English *ealswā ġif, attested only as swā ġif (“as if”), equivalent to as + if. Compare Dutch alsof (“as if”), Low German as of (“as if”), German als ob (“as if”).

Frases

His heart squeezed , as if his chest had suddenly compressed it .

The turf and gravel around it seemed charred as if by a sudden explosion .