ni

A1Rank #132

Used when negating two or more elements, and not, not A or B, not A nor B, neither A nor B

Part of speech
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Frequency rank
#132 of 5,000

No es (ni) A ni B.

It's neither A nor B.

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"ni" in example sentences

"ni" appears in 769 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

Es mejor no decir nada ni de él ni de ella.

It's better not to say anything about either him or her.

Tatoeba #850481

Ni puedo ir, ni quiero.

I can't go, nor do I want to.

Tatoeba #4988451

Ni la una ni la otra.

Neither one nor the other.

Tatoeba #13695476

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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