never
adverbioverbointerjeccióntop 1 000 en diálogos de cine
- Reino Unido//ˈnɛv.ə//
- Canadá//ˈnɛv.ɚ//
At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
adverbio
- 1
At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
I finally finished, and I never do wanna do it again.
We were at the same college, but happened never to meet.
I'll never not like you.
Why should I love this Gentleman? Tis odds / He never will affect me;
- 2
Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.
"He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"
1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation, I never saw such an infatuated man.
- 3
Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.
You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!
"You're never going to break in?" "This instant, if you'll, help me; in five or ten minutes, if you won't."
Well I looked at Jay and I said "hey, did you hear what I just heard?" He nodded his head and his face turned red and he never said a word
Etimología
From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne + ever.
verbo
- 1
Did not; didn't.
I told him to go to Woodlands to buy durian for me. He came back and said no durian. But he some more said-ah, he got see people selling durian in Bukit Timah. I ask him-ah. Why you never buy from Bukit Timah.
That's what he said. But I never see anything. Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding.
interjección
- 1
A statement of defiance
‘Guess what, I've won the pools!’ ‘Never!’
never · At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
never-ending · Having no end or being endless.nevermind · Attention, heed.nevertheless · In spite of what preceded; yet.