as if

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

como si

como para

cómo no

como

si

cual si

sí cómo no

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

als ob

comme si

come se

alsof

quasi

sanki

como se

als

comme

güya

وَكَأن

com si

tanquam

λες και

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌæz‿ˈɪf/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: as ȝif

Heredado de inglés antiguo: *ealswā ġif

Cognado con neerlandés: alsof

Cognado con bajo alemán: as of

Cognado con alemán: 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”).

Oraciones

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

Su corazón se apretó, como si su pecho lo hubiera comprimido repentinamente.

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

El césped y la grava a su alrededor parecían carbonizados como por una repentina explosión.