jamás
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin iam magis (“yet more”), probably through Old Occitan. Compare Portuguese jamais and French jamais, Italian giammai and Spanish ya más.
Pronunciation
Adverb
jamás
- never
- Synonyms: nunca, en su vida
- No lo he visto jamás. ― I've never seen it.
- ever
- El mejor libro jamás escrito. ― The best book ever written.
Derived terms
- nunca jamás
- jamás de los jamases
- para siempre jamás (“for ever and ever”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “jamás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28