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yet1 /jet/ adverbio

1. 1. (up to this or that time, till now) (with neg) todavía, aún;
      I haven't eaten o (AmE also) I didn't eat ~ todavía or aún no he comido, todavía no comí (RPl);
      as ~ aún, todavía
   2. (now, so soon) (with neg) todavía
   3. (thus far) (after superl): it's his best book ~ es el mejor libro que ha escrito hasta ahora

2. (by now, already) (with interrog) ya;
   has she decided o (AmE also) did she decide ~? ¿ya se ha decidido?, ¿ya se decidió? (AmL)

3. (still) todavía, aún

4. (eventually, in spite of everything): we may win ~ todavía podemos ganar

5. (as intensifier)
   1. (even) (with comp) aún, todavía;
      the story becomes ~ more complicated el cuento se complica aún or todavía más
   2. (in addition, besides): ~ more problems más problemas aún;
      we had to go back ~ again tuvimos que volver otra vez más (aún)

6. (but, nevertheless) (as linker) sin embargo

yet2 conjunción
pero

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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:

yet [jet]

I

adverbio 1   todavía, aún, hasta ahora: he hasn't arrived yet, aún no ha llegado 2   (en las preguntas) ya: have you eaten yet?, ¿ya has comido? 3   (después del superlativo) hasta ahora      his best film yet, su mejor película hasta ahora 4   (en el futuro) frml todavía, aún: the plan may yet succeed, el plan aún puede dar resultados 5   (uso enfático) todavía, aún      better yet, mejor aún      yet again, otra vez (más) 6   frml pero: she was poor yet honest, era pobre pero honrada

II

conj sin embargo     Yet se emplea en frases negativas para indicar que algo todavía no ha ocurrido, pero va a ocurrir: I haven't finished yet. No he terminado todavía (pero lo haré). En el lenguaje hablado se coloca al final de la frase y en el lenguaje escrito después de not: They have not yet finished. No han terminado aún.

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English:

as - decide - dizziness - finish - however - in - log in - log on - permanent - sink in - still - thaw - unborn - anywhere - on - out - over - up

Spanish:

acabar - aún - calentar - confesar - curiosamente - dar - deber - empezar - escrutinio - estar - flete - no - quién - todavía - abrir - amoldar - campana - el - embargo - hora - indeciso - para - seguro - tardar - ver - ya

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