jamás

See also: Jamas and jamas

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin iam magis (“yet more”), probably through Old Occitan. Compare Portuguese jamais and French jamais, Italian giammai and Spanish ya más.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaˈmas/ [xaˈmas]
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: ja‧más

Adverb

jamás

never
Synonyms: nunca, en su vida

No lo he visto jamás.
I've never seen it.
ever
El mejor libro jamás escrito.
The best book ever written.

Derived terms

jamás de los jamases
nunca jamás
para siempre jamás (“for ever and ever”)
siempre jamás

Related terms

ya
más

Further reading

“jamás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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