jamás

See also: Jamas

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin iam magis. Compare French and Portuguese jamais, Italian giammai.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaˈmas/

Adverb

jamás

never
No lo he visto jamás.
I've never seen it.
ever
El mejor libro jamás escrito.
The best book ever written.

Synonyms

(never): nunca, en su vida

Derived terms

nunca jamás or jamás de los jamases

never ever

para siempre jamás

for ever and ever

Related terms

ya
más

Further reading

“jamás” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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