senão

Meaning

Conj

else, otherwise; apart from, besides

Noun

caveat

Concepts

or else

otherwise

else

defect

except

if not

Opposite of

se

Synonyms

finalmente

mas

antes

ante

caso contrário

tuas

teu

além disso

tu

em vez de

teus

Translations

sonst

andernfalls

sinon

anders

autrement

sino

si no

anders

αλλιώς

ansonsten

de lo contrario

anderenfalls

sondern

else

sinó

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seˈnɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Cognate with French: sinon

Cognate with Spanish: sino

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese senon. By surface analysis, se (“if”) + não (“not”). Compare French sinon, Spanish sino.