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siquiera |
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Meg ni siquiera me miró.
Meg didn't even look at me. |
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Ella ni siquiera me miró.
She did not so much as look at me. |
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Ni siquiera saben por qué.
They don't even know why. |
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Ella ni siquiera hablaría con él.
She wouldn't even speak to him. |
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Ella ni siquiera intentó ayudarle.
She didn't even try to help. |
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Ni siquiera su maestro lo entendía.
Even his teacher didn't understand him. |
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No tengo ni siquiera una sola novia.
I don't even have a single girlfriend. |
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El hecho es que ni siquiera leyó la carta.
The fact is that she didn't even read the letter. |
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¡Ni siquiera pienses en comerte mi chocolate!
Don't you even think of eating my chocolate! |
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No tenemos mucha nieve aquí, ni siquiera en invierno.
We don't have much snow here even in the winter. |
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Ni siquiera un buen ordenador te puede ganar al ajedrez.
Even a good computer cannot beat you at chess. |
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"¿Has terminado?" "No, de hecho ni siquiera he empezado.".
"Have you finished?" "On the contrary, I have not even begun yet.". |
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Mary ni siquiera sabe leer el francés, mucho menos hablarlo.
Mary can't even read French, much less speak it. |
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Ella nunca está conectada, ni siquiera durante sus vacaciones.
She is never online, even during her vacation. |
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Estuve con tanta gente que ni siquiera me acuerdo de sus caras.
I met so many people that I do not even remember their faces. |
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La educación es aprender lo que ni siquiera sabías que no sabías.
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. |
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Ni siquiera tus defectos disminuyen mi respeto por ti, y en la amistad eso es lo que cuenta.
Even your faults do not lessen my respect for you, and in friendship this is what counts. |
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-¡El suelo está sucio! -le regañó la dependienta- ¡Todavía ni siquiera has pagado el traje, y ya lo estás ensuciando!
"The floor is dirty!" the shopkeeper reprimanded him. "You haven't even paid for the suit yet, and you're already getting it dirty!"! |
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- ¡Pero eso es ridículo! -protestó Dima- ¡Los kopeks no se han visto en años! ¡Y 0,99 ni siquiera es un número natural!
"But that's ridiculous!" Dima protested. "Kopeks haven't been around in ages! And 0.99 isn't even a natural number!"! |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

