sino
/ˈsino/, [ˈsi.no]but, otherwise
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Él no es maestro, sino médico.
He is not a teacher but a doctor.
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Me gusta este cuadro, no porque sea una pieza maestra, sino porque tiene encanto.
I like this picture, not because it is a masterpiece, but because it has charm.
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Lo que él quería no es tanto el dinero, sino la fama.
It is not so much money as fame that he wanted.
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No podemos sino maravillarnos por su habilidad al esquiar.
We cannot but wonder at his skill in skiing.
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Tom no solo come más que Mary, sino que además come mucho más rápido.
Tom not only eats more than Mary does, but he also eats much faster.
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El loto no es solo una flor, sino también una fruta.
The lotus is not only a flower, but also a fruit.
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Su libro es famoso no sólo en Inglaterra sino también en Japón.
Her book is famous not only in England but also in Japan.
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Yo no vivo para comer, sino que como para vivir.
I do not live to eat, but eat to live.
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El señor Johnson no es un becario, sino un poeta.
Mr Johnson is not a scholar but a poet.
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Cada frase que pronuncio debe ser entendida no como una afirmación, sino como una pregunta.
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
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Lo que yo quiero no es una esposa, sino una compañera sexual.
It's not a wife that I want, but a sex friend.
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El mundo moderno no es gobernado por gente, sino por ideas.
The modern world isn't governed by people, but by ideas.
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Lo que ahora quiero no es dinero sino tiempo.
What I want now is not money, but time.
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Forma parte de la actividad, no por el dinero, sino por aprender de la experiencia.
Take part in the activity not for money but for learning through experience.
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No es una esposa lo que busco, sino una amiga para follar.
It's not a wife I'm looking for, it's a fuck buddy.
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Creo que la música ya no va a estar en un disco rígido, sino en servidores virtuales.
I think the music won't be on a hard disk anymore, but rather on virtual servers.
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Este hombre no es nuestro tío, sino un ogro.
This man is no uncle of ours, but an ogre.
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No es a ti a quien ella ama, sino a mí.
It's not you that she loves, it's me.
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Mañana iré a un campamento de entrenamiento. Sin embargo, no será la parte física la que entrenaré, sino la mental.
I'm going to a training camp tomorrow. However it's not the physical side that I'll be training, but the mental.
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El hombre no vino a este mundo para ser rico, sino que para ser feliz.
Men do not exist in this world to become rich, but to become happy.
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