siempre

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin semper.

Adverb

siempre

1. always

Ladino

Alternative forms

• syempre

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish siempre or sienpre, inherited from Latin semper. Compare Catalan sempre and Portuguese sempre.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

siempre (Hebrew spelling סיימפרי)

1. always (ceaselessly) [ca. 1510]

   Antonym: nunka

   • 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[1], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 12:

     Tu sos envestido i envelupado de giustidad, a ti solo apartiene la sopirioridad
     Si no ai en nozotros ovras ⁴) boenas, acodrate de noestros padres i de sus santedad.
     Siempre los tengas en tu memoria i apiada a tu comunidad

     You are dressed and enveloped with justice, only to you does superiority belong; were good deeds absent from us, remind yourself of our fathers and their holiness. You always have them in memory; rescue your people.

Old Spanish

Adverb

siempre

1. alternative form of sienpre
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 14r:

     Et es fuerte de quebrantar. ⁊ ay dellas grandes ⁊ dellas pequẽnas p̃o siempre la fallan de figura de castanna.

     And it is strong and hard to break. And they can be big and small, but they are always found in the shape of a chestnut.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish siempre~sienpre, inherited from Latin semper. Compare Catalan sempre and Portuguese sempre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsjempɾe/ [ˈsjẽm.pɾe]
• Rhymes: -empɾe
• Syllabification: siem‧pre

Adverb

siempre

1. always

   Antonyms: jamás, nunca

   ¿Por qué siempre me mientes?

   Why do you always lie to me?

   Las cosas no siempre han sido así.

   Things haven't always been that way.

2. in spite of it, still...at least

   Pase lo que pase, nosotros siempre estaremos juntos.

   Whatever happens, we'll still be together at least.

3. (Latin America) all the same, ultimately, in the end

   Siempre no fui a la fiesta.

   I didn't go to the party all the same.

4. (Colombia, Philippines) of course

Derived terms

• de una vez para siempre
• hasta siempre
• lo que se aprende en la cuna, siempre dura
• para siempre
• por siempre
• siempre jamás
• siempre que
• siempre y cuando

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: siyempre
• → Tagalog: siyempre

Further reading

• “siempre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024