sí

Particle

1. yes (commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question)
2. A syntactic marker for emphasis or to replace an earlier verb, allowing the speaker to avoid repeating the verb, both similar to English do
3. (Spain) hello (used to answer the telephone)

Noun

yes; aye, ay; approbation, acceptance

Pron

himself, herself, itself, themselves, yourself, yourselves (form of se used after prepositions)

Opposite of

no, nel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsi/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: sīc (est)

Inherited from Latin: sibi

Cognate with French: soi

Cognate with Italian: sé

Cognate with Portuguese: si

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish sy, from Latin sīc (est).

Concepts

yes

aye

yeah

himself

yep

oneself

ay

yea

affirmative

yourself

herself

certainly

of course

itself

surely

yes

absolutely

𐐷𐐯𐑅

brother

👨‍👦

clearly

consent

decidedly

definitively

do

each other

indeed

really

right

themselves

yes

yes

yer

Synonyms

si

bien está

cierto

pero

poco

por supuesto

seguro

simón

sin embargo

así es

indudablemente

obviamente

afirmativo

se

seguramente

por el contrario

así

a favor

cartagenero

a sí

ciertamente

pagó

claro

efectivamente

en verdad

evidentemente

sila

que dice el menor al mayor

sé

pues

realmente

Translations

ja

oui

sim

sì

tak

ja

evet

ναι

sí

si

si

doch

jawel

ita

belê

Sentences

Un dedo no hace mano , pero sí con sus hermanos .

A finger does not make a hand, but it does with its brothers.

Bien . Ah sí , aquí tengo una nota sin importancia .

Okay. Oh yeah, here's an unimportant note.

Además de entregar a sus escuchas lo mejor de sí mismos .

In addition to giving their listeners the best of themselves.

Ninguno de estos valores son letales en sí mismos .

None of these values are lethal in themselves.

Todos los relatos son independientes entre sí .

All stories are independent of each other.

No tienen apenas proteínas ni lípidos pero sí cierta cantidad de hidratos de carbono .

They have hardly any proteins or lipids but a certain amount of carbohydrates.