senão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese senon. By surface analysis, se (“if”) +‎ não (“not”). Compare French sinon, Spanish sino.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈnɐ̃w̃/ [seˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧não

Conjunction

senão

  1. else, otherwise; apart from, besides
    Antonym: se

Noun

senão m (plural senãos or senões)

  1. caveat
    Synonym: ressalva
    O trabalho em geral é bom, mas tem alguns senãos.
    In general, the work is good, but it has a few caveats.

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