siquiera

Spanish

Etymology

si (conjunction) + quiera; cf. also Old Spanish siquier, possibly from Latin si quaerit. Cognate with Portuguese sequer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈkjeɾa/ [siˈkje.ɾa]

Adverb

siquiera

1. at least, at the least
2. (when used in the negative) even

   Él molesta tanto que ni siquiera los sordomudos pueden soportarlo.

   He's so annoying that not even deafmutes can tolerate him.

Conjunction

siquiera

1. if only

Further reading

• “siquiera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28