apenas

Meaning

Adv

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

Verb

second-person singular present indicative of apenar

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.