only

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. Alone in a category.
2. Singularly superior; the best.
3. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
4. (obsolete) Mere.

Adv

1. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
2. No more than; just.
3. As recently as.
4. Emphasizing something that is just or necessary.
5. Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
6. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
7. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.

Conj

1. (informal) Under the condition that; but.
2. But; except.

Noun

An only child.

Conceptos

solamente

único

solo

sólo

únicamente

solitario

uno solo

puro

viudo

soltero

unico

huérfano

singular

desamparado

no más

pero

única

nada más

no más que

non

sola

ahí nomás

eso nomás

eso solamente

sin compañero

sin compañía

el sólo

él solo no más

aislado

privativamente

apenas

aún

conjunto

desigual

escaso

hijo único

impar

ojalá

simplemente

uno

1

asimétrico

desnivel

disímil

exclusivamente

exclusive

meramente

Sinónimos

just

merely

alone

solely

sole

exclusively

single

simply

but

mere

solitary

unique

one

nothing but

except

still

entirely

purely

lone

no more than

barely

lonely

individual

since

exclusive

in all

however

only one

simple

really

surely

lonesome

ticket

🎫

about

absolutely

altogether

approximately

bill

bounds

calm

common

empty

end

🔚

even

exactly

exceptionally

isolated

limits

list

nevertheless

odd

odd number

only if

only when

period

plain

scarcely

singular

then

all

uniquely

unless

usual

very

yet

not more than

place to leave off

closing sentence

all there is

no more and no less

certainly

miserable

mitigative

a

a

newly

by oneself

none but

not before

bare

nothing else

nothing more

not until

only then

single handed

once for all

at most

one by one

small quantity

only that

that’s all

or

paltry

particular

particularly

peerless

perhaps

just because

piece

just keeps

provided that

at all

quite

radical

asymmetric

reclusive

right

root

same

only for

self

as

around

apart

any more

singly

particle of affirmation

anymore

any longer

an

specially

specifically

almost

stump

actually

themselves

1

emphatic modifier

totally

trivial

unaccompanied

unequal

uninhabited

above

no reason

single person

unpaired

there’s only

only now

widow

widower

without

one only

for all that

for nothing

free of charge

freshly

hardly

herself

form

in

foot

🦶

incomparable

exact

involved

just enough

itself

everywhere

limit

just that

Juste

little

enough

each

completely

longer

matchless

check

Con guion como

on‧ly

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈəʊn.li/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: oonly

Heredado de inglés antiguo: ānlīċ

Cognado con neerlandés: eenlijk

Cognado con alemán: ähnlich

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: álíkr

Cognado con sueco: enlig

In summary

From Middle English oonly, onli, onlych, onelich, anely, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“like; similar; equal”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz, equivalent to one + -ly. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.

Oraciones

Drink like a fish , water only .

Beber como un pescado, solo agua.

These two are the only remaining works from him today .

Estos dos son las únicas obras restantes de él hoy.

He was the only American to rule from within the National Palace .

Él fue el único estadounidense que gobernó desde dentro del Palacio Nacional.

Only when he , himself , reveals it .

Solo cuando él mismo lo revela.

The town is still only accessible by dirt roads .

La ciudad todavía es accesible por caminos de tierra.

Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else .

No olvides que todo lo que tratas es solo una cosa y nada más.