but (introduces a clause that contradicts the implications of the previous clause) · but (introduces the correct information for something that was denied in the previous clause) · but ... really; of course; no wonder (introduces the cause of the previous clause, with the implication that the result was expected given this cause)
eş: ainda assim, contudo, entretanto, no entanto, porém, todavia
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mas, from Latin magis (“more”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“great”). Doublet of mais.
aile: mas é, mas sim, mas também
O livro é curto, mas bom.
Somos preguiçosos mas fazemos o que precisa de ser feito.
— Que lhe não quero mal, nem lhe rogo pragas, mas que é bem feito que ela amargue um pouco do pão do diabo […]
but (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence)
köken: From muu (“other”), either based on: * the partitive singular form (muuta: “something else”; the -uu- would have first been shortened and the final vowel elided, thus mut(t) with reanalysis as mutta, perhaps via a development like ei juokse, muuta [kuin] kävelee (literally “isn't running, [not] other than walking”) > ei juokse, mutta kävelee (literally “isn't running but walking”)), * the…
Near-synonym: vaan
Olisin halunnut lähteä heidän mukaansa, mutta en ehtinyt.
only, exclusively (excluding everything else) · just, only, merely, solely (when something is not as great or as much or as serious as could be expected) · for a reason that the speaker does not want to specify
eş: csakis, csupán, csupáncsak, egyedül, egyes-egyedül, kizárólag