siquiera in Spanish: even, at least (adverb)

/siˈkjeɾa/

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Translation

even, at least

Word origin

A compound of si ('if', from Latin si) and quiera ('he or she may want', from Latin quaerere, 'to seek, to want'), giving the sense 'even if only'.

He did not even say thank you to me.

She did not even get halfway.

¿ intentarlo?

Could you at least try?

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If he had even warned me, I would have gone with you.

I do not have even a bit of money on me.

I do not even have a little water.

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This word is part of lesson 7.