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English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] Conjunction [ edit ] if only
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see if only
It made me feel better, if only for a moment. It won't be much fun if only guys turn up to the party. ( idiomatic ) I wish that; signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.
If only I could win the lottery.
( idiomatic ) I wish that; signifies a regret about an action in the past.
If only I had listened to my parents.
( idiomatic ) Even if for no other reason than; only just .
I was pretty sure I wanted a red shirt, but I still tried on one blue one if only to make sure that's definitely not what I wanted.
Antonyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
signifies a wish
Arabic: لَيْتَ (ar) ( layta ) , تَمَنَّى ( tamannā ) ( a sentence in subjunctive mood follows )
Armenian: երանի (hy) ( erani )
Catalan: tant de bo (ca) , si (ca) , si només si tan sols encara bo (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 但願 (zh) , 但愿 (zh) ( dànyuàn ) , ...就好了 ( jiù hǎo le )
Czech: kéž by kéž (cs)
Danish: gid
Dutch: was het maar zo dat hebben (nl) with inversion and maar (nl)
Finnish: jos vain kunpa
French: si seulement (fr) , pour peu que (fr)
German: wenn auch wenn doch nur wenn bloß
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 ( wainei )
Greek: είθε (el) ( eíthe ) , μακάρι (el) ( makári )
Ancient: ὄφελον ( óphelon ) , εἴθε ( eíthe )
Hebrew: הַלְוַאי ( halevái ) , מִי יִתֵּן (he) ( mi yitén )
Hindi: काश (hi) ( kāś )
Hungarian: bár (hu) , bárcsak (hu)
Italian: magari (it) , mi piacerebbe se solo
Japanese: ( conditional sentence + ii noni (nā) ) -ばいいのになあ ( -ba ii noni nā ) , -らいいのになあ ( -ra ii noni nā ) , -ならいいのになあ ( -nara ii noni nā ) , -よいものを ( yoi mono o )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xwezî (ku)
Latin: utinam (la)
Malay: sekira semoga
Marathi: जर का ( jar kā )
Old English: ēalā ġif
Polish: jeśli by jeśliby o ile (pl) , byle (pl)
Portuguese: oxalá (pt) , tomara (que) (pt) , quem me dera (que) quem dera (que) ( a sentence in the subjunctive mood follows )
Russian: хоте́лось бы ( xotélosʹ by ) , е́сли бы то́лько ( jésli by tólʹko ) , е́сли бы (ru) ( jésli by ) , кабы (ru) ( kaby ) , будь (ru) ( budʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: да бар само да
Roman: da bar samo da
Slovene: če bi le
Spanish: ojalá (es) , si (es) , si tan solo si tan siquiera
Turkish: keşke (tr)
Ukrainian: я́кби (uk) ( jákby )
Yiddish: הלוואי ( halevay, alevay )
even if for no other reason than
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