- jamás
- adv.never, ever, absolutely never, never in one's life.* * *jamás► adverbio1 (+ indic) never; (+ subj) ever■ jamás volveré I shall never return■ el mejor presidente que jamás haya existido the best president ever\FRASEOLOGÍAjamás de los jamases never everpor siempre jamás for ever (and ever)* * *ADV never; [con negación, en interrogación] ever
¡jamás! — never!
¿se vio jamás tal cosa? — did you ever see such a thing?
el mejor amigo que jamás ha existido — the best friend ever
¡jamás de los jamases! — never in your life!
* * *adverbio neverjamás había oído cosa igual — I'd never heard anything like it
jamás volverá a suceder or no volverá a suceder jamás — it will never happen again
nunca jamás or (fam) jamás de los jamases — never ever
por or para siempre jamás — for ever and ever
* * *= never, ever!, never in a month of Sundays.Ex. Plans were made to issue a concise version of AACR1, but these plans never came to fruition.Ex. Consider for example, a teacher who doesn't change his password (ever!) or can't be bothered to log out, all the firewalls and antivirus programs in the world will not protect a school's network.Ex. The two stepsisters also wondered who the newcomer was, for never in a month of Sundays, would they ever have guessed that the beautiful girl was really poor Cinderella who talked to the cat!.----* jamás visto = unseen.* nunca jamás = never again.* * *adverbio neverjamás había oído cosa igual — I'd never heard anything like it
jamás volverá a suceder or no volverá a suceder jamás — it will never happen again
nunca jamás or (fam) jamás de los jamases — never ever
por or para siempre jamás — for ever and ever
* * *= never, ever!, never in a month of Sundays.Ex: Plans were made to issue a concise version of AACR1, but these plans never came to fruition.
Ex: Consider for example, a teacher who doesn't change his password (ever!) or can't be bothered to log out, all the firewalls and antivirus programs in the world will not protect a school's network.Ex: The two stepsisters also wondered who the newcomer was, for never in a month of Sundays, would they ever have guessed that the beautiful girl was really poor Cinderella who talked to the cat!.* jamás visto = unseen.* nunca jamás = never again.* * *jamásadverb[Grammar notes (Spanish) ] neverjamás había oído cosa igual I'd never heard anything like itjamás volverá a suceder or no volverá a suceder jamás it will never happen againnunca jamásor jamás de los jamases never everpor or para siempre jamás for ever and ever* * *
Del verbo jamar: (conjugate jamar)
jamas es:
2ª persona singular (tú) presente indicativo
jamás adverbio
never;◊ jamás volverá a suceder it will never happen again;
nunca jamás never ever;
por or para siempre jamás for ever and ever
jamás adverbio
1 (nunca) never: jamás lo había visto, I had never seen it before
jamás te haría daño, I'd never hurt you
2 (alguna vez) ever: la peor historia jamás contada, the worst story ever told
3 (intensificador) nunca jamás, never again
jamás en la vida, never in my life
♦ Locuciones: por siempre jamás, for ever (and ever)
'jamás' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
actual
- no
- nunca
- siempre
- tamaña
- tamaño
English:
actual
- again
- ago
- best
- ever
- fascinating
- never
- see
- place
* * *jamás advnever;no lo he visto jamás I've never seen him;la mejor novela que jamás se haya escrito the best novel ever written;jamás en la vida había visto algo así never before had I seen such a thing, I'd never seen such a thing in all my life;nunca jamás never ever;por siempre jamás for evermore;CompFam¡jamás de los jamases! not in a million years!* * *jamásadv never;jamás te olvidaré I’ll never forget you;¿viste jamás algo así? did you ever see anything like it?;nunca jamás never ever;por siempre jamás for ever and ever* * *jamás adv1) nunca: never2)nunca jamás orjamás de los jamases : never ever3)para siempre jamás : for ever and ever* * *jamás adv1. (nunca) neverjamás he estado en el extranjero I've never been abroadno lo olvidaré jamás I'll never forget it2. (con superlativo) everlos animales más grandes que jamás hayan existido the biggest animals that ever existed
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.