only

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Alone in a category.
2. (not-comparable) Singularly superior; the best.
3. (not-comparable) Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
4. (not-comparable, obsolete) Mere.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Without others or anything further; exclusively.
2. (not-comparable) No more than; just.
3. (not-comparable) As recently as.
4. (not-comparable) Emphasizing something that is just or necessary.
5. (British, not-comparable) Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
6. (not-comparable) Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
7. (not-comparable, obsolete) Above all others; particularly.

Conj

1. (informal) Introduces a clause with negative polarity, often one which upsets the listener's expectations.
2. (informal) Introduces a clause with negative polarity, often one which upsets the listener's expectations.

Noun

An only child.

Particle

Placed at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small, undemanding or deserving of belittlement.

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

one

unique

nothing but

except

lone

purely

still

entirely

no more than

barely

simple

really

exclusive

lonely

lonesome

since

surely

in all

however

individual

only one

approximately

common

scarcely

calm

only when

period

bounds

odd number

only if

plain

bill

nevertheless

exceptionally

exactly

absolutely

about

isolated

limits

Traducciones

seulement

nur

seul

solo

einzig

soltanto

allein

alleen

uniquement

slechts

μόνο

unico

solamente

unique

bloß

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, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), 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.

Only when he , himself , reveals it .

Solo cuando él mismo lo revela.

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.

His only wicket of the match was that of Mark Taylor .

Su único wicket del partido fue el de Mark Taylor.

There are only two historical remains of Boyette .