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English
Pronunciation
Phrase
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 won 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
Translations
signifies a wish
Arabic: لَيْتَ (ar) ( layta ) , تَمَنَّى ( tamannā ) ( a sentence in subjunctive mood follows )
Armenian: երանի (hy) ( erani )
Catalan: tant de bo , si (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 但願 / 但愿 (zh) ( dànyuàn ) , 但愿 (zh) ( dànyuàn ) , ...就好了 ( jiù hǎo le )
Czech: kéž by , kéž (cs)
Danish: gid
Dutch: was het maar zo dat , or use auxiliary 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
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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 )
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Latin: utinam (la)
Malay: sekira , semoga
Marathi: जर का ( jar kā )
Old English: ēalā ġif
Polish: jeśli by , jeśliby , o ile (pl)
Portuguese: oxalá (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
Translations to be checked
See also
References
“if only ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
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