sino
1. (=pero) but
·no son ocho sino nueve
·there are not eight but nine
·no lo hace nounólo para nouní sino para todos
·he'noun not doing it only for himself but for everybody
·no nounólo ..., sino ...
·not only ..., but ...
·no cabe otra soluciónoun sino que vaya él
·the only answer is that he should go
2. (=salvo) except, save
·todos aplaudieron sino él
·everybody except him applauded
·no lo habría dicho sino en broma
·he could only have said it jokingly, he wouldn't have said it except as a joke
3. (=únicamente) only
·¿quiénoun sino él se habría atrevido?
·only he would have dared!
·no te pido sino una cosa
·I ask only o but one thing of you