siempre
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish siempre~sienpre, inherited from Latin semper. Compare Catalan sempre and Portuguese sempre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsjempɾe/ [ˈsjẽm.pɾe]
- Rhymes: -empɾe
- Syllabification: siem‧pre
Adverb
siempre
- always
- ¿Por qué siempre me mientes?
- Why do you always lie to me?
- Las cosas no siempre han sido así.
- Things haven't always been that way.
- in spite of it, still...at least
- Pase lo que pase, nosotros siempre estaremos juntos.
- Whatever happens, we'll still be together at least.
- (Latin America) all the same, ultimately, in the end
- Siempre no fui a la fiesta.
- I didn't go to the party all the same.
- (Colombia, Philippines) of course
Derived terms
Further reading
- “siempre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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