casi

Meaning

almost

Concepts

almost

nearly

all but

about

practically

quasi

well-nigh

virtually

close to

more or less

near

approximately

next to

coming on

almost

rough

roughly

false

sort of

so to speak

not quite

almost time

#quasi |quasi

as near as makes no difference

as it were

some

intimately

just about

Synonyms

apenas

por poco

por poco no

por así decirlo

tal vez

virtualmente

cerca de

como si

por decirlo así

así (adverbio)

en cierto sentido

cuasi

casimente

casimente

ainas

simasito

bien está

pseudo

falso

más o menos

aproximado

aproximativo

Hyphenated as

ca‧si

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkasi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quasi. Doublet of cuasi. The two were originally in a complementary distribution that depended on stress.

Sentences

Los visitantes pueden tocar , leer y probar casi todo .

Visitors can touch, read, and taste just about anything.

Consiste en casi ochenta idiomas .

It consists of almost eighty languages.

Viajó alrededor de casi toda la región occidental del Imperio ruso .

He traveled around almost the entire western region of the Russian Empire.

Esta es la primera elección multipartidista en casi veinte años .

This is the first multi-party election in nearly twenty years.

Y nos lo cuenta de manera casi lúdica , sin espasmos .

And he tells us about it in an almost playful way, without spasms.

El fuego se propagó rápidamente , destruyendo casi por completo sus instalaciones .

The fire spread quickly, almost completely destroying their facilities.

Habitan en casi todos los entornos del arrecife .

They inhabit almost every environment on the reef.

Algunos compositores destacados , como Rafael Millán, desarrollaron su carrera casi exclusivamente en Barcelona .

Some outstanding composers, such as Rafael Millán, developed their career almost exclusively in Barcelona.