as if

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

come se

come

quasi che

come no

già già

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

als ob

como si

comme si

alsof

como se

quasi

sanki

como para

comme

güya

وَكَأن

als

com si

tanquam

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌæz‿ˈɪf/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: as ȝif

Ereditato da inglese antico: *ealswā ġif

Affine olandese: alsof

Affine basso tedesco: as of

Affine tedesco: 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”).

Frasi

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

Il suo cuore strinse, come se il suo petto lo avesse improvvisamente compromesso.

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

Il tappeto erboso e la ghiaia intorno sembravano carbonizzati come da un'esplosione improvvisa.