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sin

prepositionBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “sin” mean in English?

  1. without

Example sentences

  • Un café sin azúcar, por favor.

    A coffee without sugar, please.

  • Salgo sin paraguas.

    I leave without an umbrella.

  • Sin ti, no es lo mismo.

    Without you, it's not the same.

How to use it

Sin means 'without'. Used freely with nouns, pronouns, and infinitives. No special pronominal forms (just 'sin mí', 'sin ti').

Common mistake

Sin works with regular pronouns (sin mí, sin ti, sin él). It doesn't have special fused forms like con (no 'sinmigo' or 'sintigo').

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 34.