siquiera

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈkjeɾa/ [siˈkje.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: si‧quie‧ra

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

Derived terms

• si tan siquiera

Further reading

• “siquiera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10