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si
if
Introduces a possibility
Encoding Strategies:
repetition
Si means if and is used to introduce a condition or possibility.
si
if (conditional)
Used to introduce a condition — if X happens, then Y follows.
- Si llueve mañana, cancelamos el pícnic = If it rains tomorrow, we'll cancel the picnic.
- Si tuvieras más tiempo, aprenderías más rápido = If you had more time, you'd learn faster.
whether, if (indirect question)
When you wonder or ask if something is true within a sentence.
- No sé si va a venir = I don't know whether he's coming.
- Pregúntale si quiere cenar = Ask her if she wants to have dinner.
si no
otherwise, or else, if not
Literally "if not" — used to say what happens when the condition fails.
- Estudia, si no vas a reprobar = Study, or else you're going to fail.
- Llámame, si no me preocuparé = Call me, otherwise I'll worry.
si
B, ti (music)
The seventh note of the musical scale
Encoding Strategies:
repetition
In the do-re-mi song, the last note is ti — in Spanish it's called si instead. Same note, different name.
si
B, ti (music)
The seventh note of the musical scale, equivalent to B in standard notation or "ti" in English solfège.
- La canción está en si menor = The song is in B minor.
- Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si — esa es la escala completa = Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti — that's the full scale.