"si" meaning in Spanish

See si in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /si/, [si]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin si Spanish si Inherited from Latin si (“if”). Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:inh|la:si<t:if>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin si Spanish si [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*só", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*sei", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "si", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "si", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="si"> Inherited from Latin si (“if”)., {{ety|es|:inh|la:si<t:if>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin si Spanish si Inherited from Latin si (“if”). Head templates: {{head|es|conjunctions}} si
  1. if, whether
    Sense id: en-si-es-conj-7FMZqRH4
  2. (often after pero) points out something obvious, usually not translated Tags: often
    Sense id: en-si-es-conj-35g7vRl- Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 5 0 0 1 0 7 14 0 0 3 7 5 2 3 0 1 7 4 0 20 13 9 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 10 0 0 0 11 3 3 0 3 28 0 0 42 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 0 9 1 0 2 4 10 0 0 2 5 4 3 2 0 1 11 0 0 2 6 3 0 15 10 6 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 0 100 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 0 100 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 0 100 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sí
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