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apenas

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adverb
  1. barely, scarcely
  2. recently, just
  3. as soon as

Forms

adverb

diminutiveapenitas

Used in the library

  • Apenas lo conozco.I hardly know him.A1Tiempo, cantidad y dinero — Time, amounts and money
  • Apenas veo nada, está oscuro.I can hardly see anything — it's dark.A1Otra vez, por favor (9) — Once more, please (9) (A1)
  • Pertenece a otro sitio, apenas lo veo.It belongs somewhere else — I hardly see it.A1Otra vez, por favor (11) — Once more, please (11) (A1)
  • Con la niebla, el barco apenas es visible desde el muelle.In the fog, the ship is barely visible from the quay.B2Otra vez, por favor (6) — Once more, please (6) (B2)

Other ways to say it

  • acabar deto have just (indicates recency)
  • difícilmentewith difficulty; scarcely, hardly
  • en cuantoas soon as (immediately after)
  • nada másonly, just
  • ni bienas soon as
  • reciénrecently; new-, newly, freshly; just now, recently
  • tan pronto comoas soon as

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