se — meaning in English
Portuguese → English · translate English → Portuguese instead
English meaning
- as long as conjunction On the condition that; used to say that one thing will happen only if another thing is true.
- each other pronoun Used to show that each of two or more people or things does something to the other and receives the same thing back.
- herself pron Used to refer back to a female subject already mentioned in the sentence.
- himself pron The reflexive form of "he" — used when a male subject and object are the same person.
- if conj Used to introduce a condition: supposing that something is or were true.
- itself pron Used to refer back to a thing that is both the subject and the object of the same action.
- one num The number 1; the first positive whole number.
- se noun A large Chinese plucked string instrument similar to a zither, traditionally strung with 25 strings and played horizontally.
- see verb To perceive something with the eyes.
- should verb Used to give advice, an opinion, or an instruction about what is right or expected.
- themselves pron The reflexive form of "they" used for a group of people or things already mentioned.
- they pron Used to refer to a group of people or things already mentioned.
- whether conj Used to introduce a question or choice between two or more possibilities.
- you pronoun The person or people being spoken or written to.
- yourself pronoun Refers back to the person being spoken to, when they are both the doer and the receiver of an action.
Senses
se is used for these senses in English:
- as long as (idiomatic) Provided that, if, assuming (depending upon some condition or requirement).
- each other (reciprocal pronoun) To one another; one to the other; signifies that a verb applies to two or more entities both as subjects and as direct objects:
- herself (reflexive pronoun) Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
- himself (reflexive pronoun) Him; the male object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject
- if (computing) A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements).
- if Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
- itself (emphatic) it; used to intensify the subject, especially to emphasize that it is the only participant in the predicate
- one (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
as long as — full definition
- conjunction On the condition that; used to say that one thing will happen only if another thing is true.
- conjunction During the whole time that; for the period that something continues.
- conjunction Since, or given that; used to point out that a situation makes a course of action sensible.