sí

Meaning

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)

bien está

así es

por el contrario

a sí

sila

que dice el menor al mayor

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsi/

Inherited from Latin sīc (est).

Cognate with French

soi

Cognate with Portuguese

si

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Sentences

An user

Un
🅰️

dedo no
🙅

hace mano
✋

, pero sí con sus hermanos .

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

An user

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

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

An user

Además de entregar a

sus escuchas lo mejor de sí mismos .

In addition to giving their listeners the best of themselves.

An user

Ninguno
🙅

de estos valores son letales en sí mismos .

None of these values are lethal in themselves.

An user

Todos los relatos son independientes entre sí .

All stories are independent of each other.

An user

Las miradas que cruzan entre sí los personajes transmiten emoción silenciosa .

The looks that the characters cross each other convey silent emotion.

An user

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.

An user

Los ejes de la elipse son perpendiculares entre sí .

The axes of the ellipse are perpendicular to each other.