sí — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aye intj Yes (used especially in voting, formal agreement, or nautical/military commands).
- do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
- if conj Used to introduce a condition: supposing that something is or were true.
- OK adj All right; acceptable, permitted, or satisfactory.
- should verb Used to give advice, an opinion, or an instruction about what is right or expected.
- SI noun In solfège, the syllable used for the seventh note of a major scale.
- whether conj Used to introduce a question or choice between two or more possibilities.
- yeah particle An informal way of saying "yes."
- yes particle Used to show agreement, acceptance, or confirmation.
Senses
sí is used for these senses in English:
- I wish (idiomatic, colloquial) Used to express the speaker's wish that the preceding statement were true
- OK Endorsement; approval; acceptance; acquiescence.
- aye Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
- aye An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
- if only (idiomatic) I wish that; would (that) (archaic). Signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.
- si (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
- whether Introduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative).
- whether Introduces a disjunctive adverbial clause qualifying the main clause (with correlative or).
aye — full definition
- intj Yes (used especially in voting, formal agreement, or nautical/military commands).
- noun A vote in favor of something.
do — full definition
- verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
- verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
- verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
- verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
- noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).