not even

English

Etymology

From not + even

Adverb

not even (not comparable)

1. Introduces or constitutes a more emphatic negation or exclusion than "not".

   Not even I knew that.

   You didn't even look at me.

Translations

constitutes an emphatic negation

• Burmese: တောင် (my) (taung)
• Czech: ani (cs), ba ani
• Dutch: niet eens (nl), nog niet, zelfs niet (each can however be split)
• French: même pas (fr)
• Galician: nin sequera
• German: nicht mal, nicht einmal (de), eben (de)/selbst (de)/sogar (de)... nicht (de) (can be split)
• Greek:

  Ancient: οὐδέ (oudé), μηδέ (mēdé)

• Icelandic: ekki einu sinni
• Interlingua: non mesmo
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• Italian: neppure (it), nemmeno (it), manco (it)
• Latin: ne quidem
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ikke engang

• Portuguese: nem ao menos (pt), nem sequer (pt), nem mesmo (pt), nem (pt)
• Romanian: nici (ro)
• Russian: да́же не (ru) (dáže ne)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чак нити, чак ни

  Roman: čak niti, čak ni

• Spanish: ni siquiera (es)
• Swedish: inte ens

Interjection

not even

1. (colloquial) Used to express strong disappointment or disapproval.

   I heard they wanted to cancel the show tonight.

   Not even!

Translations

used to express strong disappointment

• Dutch: zelfs dat niet
• Finnish: ei kai
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• Spanish: ni siquiera eso, ni eso (for an object, action), ni siquiera así, ni así (for a mode), nunca (es), jamás (es)