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siquiera

/siˈkjeɾa/

adverb/siˈkjeɾa/

at least, at the least; even

Él molesta tanto que ni siquiera los sordomudos pueden soportarlo.He's so annoying that not even deafmutes can tolerate him.

Univerbation of si + quiera, literally “if [one] wants”; cf. also Old Spanish siquier, possibly from Latin sī quaerit. Cognate with Portuguese sequer.

conjunction/siˈkjeɾa/

if only

Related: ni siquiera, si tan siquiera

Univerbation of si + quiera, literally “if [one] wants”; cf. also Old Spanish siquier, possibly from Latin sī quaerit. Cognate with Portuguese sequer.