if only

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Phrase

if only

(idiomatic) I wish that; signifies a wish or desire for the present or the future.
If only I won the lottery.
(idiomatic) I wish that; signifies a regret about an action in the past.
If only I had listened to my parents.
(idiomatic) Even if for no other reason than; only just.
I was pretty sure I wanted a red shirt, but I still tried on one blue one if only to make sure that's definitely not what I wanted.

Antonyms

God forbid

Translations

signifies a wish

Arabic: لَيْتَ‎ (ar) (layta), تَمَنَّى‎ (tamannā) (a sentence in subjunctive mood follows)
Armenian: երանի (hy) (erani)
Catalan: tant de bo, si (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 但願 (zh), 但愿 (zh) (dànyuàn), ...就好了 (jiù hǎo le)
Czech: kéž by, kéž (cs)
Dutch: was het maar zo dat, or use auxiliary hebben (nl) with inversion and maar (nl)
Finnish: jos vain, kunpa
French: si seulement (fr), pour peu que (fr)
German: wenn auch, wenn doch nur, wenn bloß
Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 (wainei)
Greek: είθε (el) (eíthe), μακάρι (el) (makári)
Ancient: ὄφελον (óphelon), εἴθε (eíthe)
Hebrew: הַלְוַאי‎ (halevái), מִי יִתֵּן‎ (he) (mi yitén)
Hindi: काश (hi) (kāś)
Hungarian: bár (hu), bárcsak (hu)
Italian: magari (it), mi piacerebbe, se solo

Japanese: (conditional sentence + ii noni (nā)) -ばいいのになあ (-ba ii noni nā), -らいいのになあ (-ra ii noni nā), -ならいいのになあ (-nara ii noni nā), -よいものを (yoi mono-o)
Kurdish: xwezî (ku)
Latin: utinam (la)
Malay: sekira, semoga
Marathi: जर का (jar kā)
Old English: ēalā ġif
Polish: jeśli by, jeśliby, o ile (pl)
Portuguese: oxalá (pt), quem me dera/quem dera (que) (a sentence in the subjunctive mood follows)
Russian: хоте́лось бы (xotélosʹ by), е́сли бы то́лько (jésli by tólʹko), е́сли бы (ru) (jésli by)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: да бар, само да

Roman: da bar, samo da
Slovene: če bi le
Spanish: ojalá (es), si (es), si tan solo, si tan siquiera
Turkish: keşke (tr)
Ukrainian: якби (uk) (jákby)
Yiddish: הלוואי‎ (halevay, alevay)

even if for no other reason than

French: ne fût-ce que, ne serait-ce que
Hungarian: ha másért nem (is), (csak/csupán/pusztán/mindössze) azért,…

Portuguese: quanto mais não seja

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Albanian: ^{(please verify)} të paktën

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} si al minus

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