How can you express only/just in Spanish?
In Spanish we can use "más que" to express "only / just". For this it is necessary to have a verb in the negative.
Más que + a noun
Sometimes "nada" is also placed in front of más que:
Más que + infinitive
No tienes más que decirlo y yo estaré allí para ayudarte.You just have to say it and I will be there to help you.
Using más que with this purpose (instead of just using "solo") makes it more idiomatic and emphatic.
Solo tienes que confiar en mí. (less emphatic)
No tienes más que confiar en mí. (more emphatic)
(You only have to trust me.)
It is often used with "no tener más que", "no hay más que" or "no poder más que".
See also Más que/Menos que vs Más de/Menos de (More/Less than)
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