else

otro

Distinto de la persona o cosa ya mencionada, o añadido a ella.

En inglés sencillo: Other than the person or thing already mentioned, or additional to them.

• Ask someone else.
• Would you like anything else?
• Who else came to the party?

Cómo se usa: someone/something else (Ask someone else for help.); question word + else (Where else could we look?)

Sinónimos: other, additional

Expresiones frecuentes: someone else, anything else, who else, something else

de lo contrario

En «or else», introduce lo que pasará si lo dicho antes no es cierto o no se cumple.

En inglés sencillo: Used after or to introduce what happens if the previous statement or action is not true.

• Hurry, or else we will be late.
• It must be locked, or else the door would open.
• Save your work, or else you could lose it.

Cómo se usa: clause + or else + clause (Take a coat, or else you will get cold.)

Sinónimos: otherwise

Expresiones frecuentes: or else, leave or else

si no, de lo contrario

Indica que, si esto no ocurre, habrá un resultado diferente.

En inglés sencillo: If this does not happen, a different result will follow.

• Hurry up, or else we will miss the bus.
• Keep the receipt, or else you cannot return it.
• Wear a coat, or else you will get cold.

Sinónimos: otherwise

Expresiones frecuentes: or else, else fail

o te enteras

En «or else», advierte que pasará algo malo si no se hace lo que se exige.

En inglés sencillo: Used after or to warn that something bad will happen unless someone does what you say.

• Be quiet, or else!
• He told us to leave immediately, or else.
• You had better pay me today, or else!

Cómo se usa: command + or else (Give it back, or else!)

Expresiones frecuentes: or else, stop or else

de lo contrario, si no

Introduce lo que ocurriría si lo dicho anteriormente no fuera cierto o no se cumpliera.

En inglés sencillo: This introduces what would happen if the previous statement were not true or followed.

• The door must be open, else we cannot enter.
• She knew the answer, else she would have stayed silent.
• The figures must be wrong, else our costs have doubled.

Sinónimos: otherwise, or

Expresiones frecuentes: else it would, else we cannot

más, otro

Indica una persona o cosa diferente de la mencionada, o una más.

En inglés sencillo: This shows that you mean a different or additional person or thing.

• Would you like anything else?
• Someone else answered the phone.
• What else did you buy?

Cómo se usa: someone/something else (Someone else has taken my seat.)

Sinónimos: other

Expresiones frecuentes: someone else, something else, what else, anything else