siquiera

/siˈkjeɾa/ · A1 · conj

even

si + quiera = if + (one) might want → if only, at least

Built from si (if) and quiera, the subjunctive of querer (to want): literally if one should want. That wishful minimum gives if only and at least. With ni, as in ni siquiera, it means not even.

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