apenas

Meaning

Adv

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

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of apenar

apenar

1. (transitive) to sadden
2. (Latin-America, reflexive) to become embarrassed

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Concepts

barely

hardly

scarcely

with difficulty

as soon as

remotely

merely

uneath

no more than

no sooner

only

only just

parsimoniously

just after

scantily

scarce

just

slowly

sparingly

sparsely

step by step

thinly

harshly

at a premium

just now

just

Synonyms

escasamente

difícilmente

casi

penoso

casino

recién

solo

sólo

tan pronto como

en cuanto

parcamente

penosamente

agatas

panzaso

cantidad

anantillo

estrecho

hace poco

lentamente

poco a poco

Translations

kaum

appena

à peine

nauwelijks

amper

apenas

mit Mühe

guère

μόλις

mühsam

nur schwer

a penes

difficilmente

mal

Hyphenated as

a‧pe‧nas

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈpenas/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad poenam, with an additional adverbial /-s/ (compare mientras < Latin dum interim).

Sentences

La armada apenas era una sombra de lo que había llegado a ser .

The navy was hardly a shadow of what it had become.

Los resultados no variaron apenas respecto a los de elecciones anteriores .

The results did not vary slightly from those of previous elections.

No tienen apenas proteínas ni lípidos pero sí cierta cantidad de hidratos de carbono .

They have hardly any proteins or lipids but a certain amount of carbohydrates.