sino
/ˈsino/, [ˈsi.no]but, otherwise
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De modo que el Padre es Dios, el Hijo es Dios, y el Espíritu Santo es Dios. Y aun así no son tres Dioses, sino Un Dios.
So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not Three Gods, but One God.
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Los hombres no verán las cosas tal como son sino como quisieran que fueran.
Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be.
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La ballena no es un pez, sino un mamífero.
The whale is not a fish but a mammal.
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Él no solo es valiente sino sabio.
He is not only brave but wise.
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Lo importante no es ganar el juego, sino participar.
The important thing is not to win the game, but to take part in it.
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Un buen traductor no traduce palabras, sino frases.
A good translator translates not words, but sentences.
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El objetivo de la educación no es la riqueza ni el estatus, sino la formación personal.
The goal of education is not wealth or status, but personal development.
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El rey no solo nos invitó a nosotros, sino también a muchas otras personas.
The King invited not only us but also a lot of other people.
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No comió sólo una pera, sino tres.
He didn't just eat 1 pear, but 3.
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Un niño no es un recipiente que rellenar, sino un fuego que encender.
A child is not a vessel for filling, but a fire to light.
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Pronto los periódicos no se imprimirán en papel, sino que solo estarán disponibles en internet.
Soon, newspapers won't be printed on paper. They'll only be available through the Internet.
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Él triunfó, pero no porque haya hecho algún esfuerzo, sino porque pasó que tuvo suerte.
He succeeded, not because he made efforts, but because he happened to be lucky.
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Yo no solo leo sus novelas, sino también sus poemas.
I read not only his novels but also his poems.
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Llegando al fin de cada año (esto es, el último día del calendario lunar) no era sólo un nuevo día reemplazando al anterior, sino también un nuevo año reemplazando al anterior, y esto se llamaba "primer intercambio".
Arriving at the end of each year (that is, the last day of the lunar calendar) wasn't just a new day taking over from the previous one, but also a new year taking over from the previous one, and this was called 'first exchange'.
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El verdadero valor de un hombre no yace tanto en lo que tiene, sino en lo que es.
The true value of a man lies not so much in what he has as in what he is.
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No es la especie más fuerte la que sobrevive, ni la más inteligente, sino la que sabe responder mejor al cambio.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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Ella no me ha visitado el domingo, sino el lunes.
She visited me, not on Sunday, but on Monday.
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Ella no está en casa, sino que en la escuela.
She is not home, but at school.
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Él no es mi hijo sino mi sobrino.
He is not my son, but my nephew.
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No es nuestra voluntad la que nos hace actuar, sino nuestra imaginación.
It's not our will that makes us act, but our imagination.
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