"si" meaning in Spanish

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Conjunction

IPA: /si/, [si]
Rhymes: -i Etymology: From Latin si (“if”). Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|si||if}} 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 a contradiction (and often implies that it's obvious or that it's easy to find out about) Tags: often
    Sense id: en-si-es-conj-yFyn8xzd Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms:
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      "word": "si quisiera Dios"
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          "english": "It could be estimated, then, that Tesla probably sold between 5,000 and 6,000 Cybertrucks in the second quarter if consumer trends remained stable.",
          "ref": "2025 July 4, Allison Morrow, “Por qué la Cybertruck de Tesla ha sido un fracaso total”, in CNN en Español:",
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          "english": "Where's this guy going!? The road is closed! (therefore he can't drive there)",
          "text": "¿¡(Pero) a dónde va este!? ¡Si la carretera está cerrada!",
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          "english": "\"How was the concert?\" \"It's tomorrow... (How was I supposed to be there if it's tomorrow?)\"",
          "text": "\"¿Cómo fue el concierto?\" \"(Pero) si es mañana...\"",
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          "english": "\"I'm going out now.\" \"But you're sick! What do you mean, you're going out!?\"",
          "text": "\"Voy a salir.\" \"¡Pero si estás malo! ¿¡Cómo vas a salir!?\" (can be rephrased as \"¿¡Cómo vas a salir si estás malo!?\", which uses sense 1)",
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