but

Significado (Inglés)

Prep

1. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
2. Outside of.

Adv

1. Merely, only, just, no more than
2. Though, however.

Conj

1. However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).
2. On the contrary, rather (as a regular adversative conjunction, introducing a word or clause in contrast or contradiction with the preceding negative clause or sentence).
3. (colloquial) Used at the beginning of a sentence to express opposition to a remark.
4. Except that (introducing a subordinate clause which qualifies a negative statement); also, with omission of the subject of the subordinate clause, acting as a negative relative, "except one that", "except such that".
5. (colloquial) Used to link an interjection to the following remark as an intensifier.
6. Without it also being the case that; unless that (introducing a necessary concomitant).
7. (obsolete) Except with; unless with; without.
8. (obsolete) Only; solely; merely.
9. (obsolete) Until.
10. (obsolete) That.

Noun

1. An instance of using the word "but"; an objection or caveat.
2. The outer room of a small two-room cottage.
3. A limit; a boundary.
4. The end; especially the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end; the butt.

Verb

Use the word "but".

Conceptos

pero

sino

sin embargo

excepto

mas

salvo

sino que

solamente

empero

sólo

no obstante

además

ya otra vez

ya también

y

aunque

menos

al contrario

por mejor decir

de lo contrario

o

el

entonces

la

lo

pues

mientras que

amén de

si no

cuando no

a excepción de

meramente

comprar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/bʌt/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English but, buten, boute, bouten, from Old English būtan (“without, outside of, except, only”), from Proto-West Germanic *biūtan, *biūtini, equivalent to be- + out. Cognate with Scots but, bot (“outside, without, but”), Saterland Frisian buute (“without”), West Frisian bûten (“outside of, apart from, other than, except, but”), Dutch buiten (“outside”), Dutch Low Saxon buten (“outside”), German Low German buuten, buute (“outside”), obsolete German baußen (“outside”), Luxembourgish baussen. Compare bin, about.
Eclipsed non-native Middle English mes (“but”) borrowed from Old French mes, mais (> French mais (“but”)).

Oraciones

But you could bring them there !

¡Pero podrías traerlos allí!

That is what I thought as well , but it might not be true .

Eso es lo que pensé también, pero podría no ser cierto.

But I needed to hear that message .

Pero necesitaba escuchar ese mensaje.

But that was simply because my eye was tired .

Pero eso fue simplemente porque mi ojo estaba cansado.

He landed the plane with a damaged gear , but no major damage .

Aterrizó el avión con un equipo dañado, pero sin daños importantes.

Sometimes the human soul is conceived not in human but in animal form .

A veces el alma humana se concibe no en humano sino en forma animal.

But he kept quiet , because he had heard what the alchemist said to the monk .

Pero se quedó en silencio, porque había escuchado lo que el alquimista le dijo al monje.

But I don't have it .

Pero no lo tengo.