not even

English

Etymology

From not + even

Adverb

not even (not comparable)

Introduces or constitutes a more emphatic negation or exclusion than "not".
Not even I knew that.

You didn't even look at me.

Translations

constitutes an emphatic negation

Burmese: တောင် (my) (taung)
Czech: ani (cs), ba ani
Dutch: niet eens (nl), nog niet, zelfs niet (each can however be split)
French: même pas (fr)
Galician: nin sequera
German: nicht mal, nicht einmal (de), eben (de)/selbst (de)/sogar (de)... nicht (de) (can be split)
Greek:
Ancient: οὐδέ (oudé), μηδέ (mēdé)
Icelandic: ekki einu sinni
Interlingua: non mesmo

Italian: neppure (it), nemmeno (it), manco (it)
Latin: ne quidem
Portuguese: nem ao menos (pt), nem sequer (pt), nem mesmo (pt), nem (pt)
Romanian: nici (ro)
Russian: да́же не (ru) (dáže ne)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: чак нити, чак ни

Roman: čak niti, čak ni
Spanish: ni siquiera (es)
Swedish: inte ens

Interjection

(colloquial) Used to express strong disappointment or disapproval.
I heard they wanted to cancel the show tonight.

Not even!

Translations

used to express strong disappointment

Dutch: zelfs dat niet
Finnish: ei kai

Spanish: ni siquiera eso, ni eso (for an object, action), ni siquiera así, ni así (for a mode), nunca (es), jamás (es)

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