else

altro

Diverso dalla persona o cosa già menzionata, oppure aggiunto a essa.

In inglese semplice: 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?

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

Sinonimi: other, additional

Espressioni comuni: someone else, anything else, who else, something else

altrimenti

In «or else», indica cosa succederà se quanto detto prima non è vero o non viene fatto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: otherwise

Espressioni comuni: or else, leave or else

altrimenti

Indica che, se questo non accade, seguirà un risultato diverso.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: otherwise

Espressioni comuni: or else, else fail

o guai a te

In «or else», minaccia conseguenze spiacevoli se qualcuno non fa ciò che gli viene detto.

In inglese semplice: 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!

Come si usa: command + or else (Give it back, or else!)

Espressioni comuni: or else, stop or else

altrimenti

Introduce ciò che accadrebbe se quanto detto prima non fosse vero o non venisse rispettato.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: otherwise, or

Espressioni comuni: else it would, else we cannot

altro

Indica una persona o cosa diversa da quella menzionata, oppure una in più.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: someone/something else (Someone else has taken my seat.)

Sinonimi: other

Espressioni comuni: someone else, something else, what else, anything else