Inglese · parola

but

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Significati

• congiunzione · A1

  Used to connect two statements when the second one contrasts with the first.

  She wants to go, but she is too tired.

• preposizione · B1

  Used to mean except or apart from someone or something.

  Everyone attended the meeting but him.

• avverbio · B2

  Used to mean only or simply.

  She was but a child when they moved away.