solo

/ˈsolo/, [ˈso.lo]

alone, only


Examples
  • Juntamos solo fruta madura.

    We have collected only ripe fruit.

  • ¿Puedes hacerlo solo?

    Can you do it alone?

  • Solo quiero ser una persona normal.

    I just want to be a normal person.

  • Tom solo lo hizo para impresionar a Mary.

    Tom did it just to impress Mary.

  • ¿Crees que debería ir solo?

    Do you think I should go alone?

  • Solo tengo un par de preguntas.

    I just have a couple of questions.

  • Solo son estudiantes.

    They're just students.

  • Solo estoy intentando ayudar.

    I'm only trying to help.

  • Una persona es un soltero si y solo si esa persona es un hombre en edad de casarse que nunca se ha casado.

    A person is a bachelor if and only if that person is a marriageable man who has never married.

  • No puedo hablar chino. Solo puedo leerlo.

    I cannot speak Chinese. I can just read it.

  • Solo puedes fumar en la terraza.

    You can only smoke on the terrace.

  • Por aquel entonces vivía solo en la casa.

    In those days, he lived in the house alone.

  • La guerra solo les gusta a aquellos que no la vieron.

    The war is liked by only those who haven't seen it.

  • El artista siempre pintaba solo.

    The artist always painted alone.

  • Tom se comió toda la pizza él solo.

    Tom ate the whole pizza by himself.

  • Ella solo quiere atención.

    She just wants attention.

  • A veces me pregunto si este mundo solo existe en la cabeza de alguien que sueña que todos existimos. Tal vez incluso sea yo.

    Sometimes I wonder if this world is just in someone's head, and he dreams us all into existence. Perhaps it's even me.

  • Coja solo una.

    Just take one.

  • Me estoy acostumbrando a comer solo.

    I'm getting used to eating alone.

  • Tom trató de averiguar la respuesta por sí solo.

    Tom tried to figure out the answer by himself.


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