OXFORD 9000
📚 conj • entry_id 3794

if

/ɪf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aunque
Although; used to introduce a concession; may..but.
He was a great friend, if a little stingy at the bar.
She won her team's admiration, if not the award, for her performance.
si
Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
I don't know if I want to go or not.
Quoth Matthew, “ […] / She doubts if two and two make four, / […] ”
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 3795

if

/ɪf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hipótesis • suposición
An uncertainty, possibility, condition, doubt etc.
1709, Susannah Centlivre, The Busy Body, Act III, in John Bell (ed.), British Theater, J. Bell (1791), page 59, Sir Fran. Nay, but Chargy, if——— ¶ Miran. Nay, Gardy, no Ifs.——Have…
The board can't approve this project; there are too many ifs.
Phrases
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Word forms