appena

Sentences
An user
Infatti   entrano   subito   in   azione   non
🚫
   appena   si   riceve   il   primissimo   dato   sensibile .

In fact, they immediately come into action as soon as you receive the very first sensitive data.

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An user
Don  Viciente,  appena   a terra ,  respinse   la   mano
✋
   del   vicecommissario   che   voleva   sorreggerlo .

Don Viciente, just on the ground, rejected the hand of the deputy commissioner who wanted to support him.

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Meaning

  1. barely, hardly
  2. just, recently, newly
  3. as soon as

Concepts

hardly
barely
just
scarcely
only just
only
freshly
newly
just now

with difficulty

scarce
of late
recently
simply
slightly
slowly
somewhat
soon
🔜
step by step
the other day
ultimately
a trifle
as of late
a bit
just
a little

at once

but
fresh
immediately
lately
latterly
merely
new
🆕

no more than

Synonyms

da poco
soltanto
A2

a mala pena

leggermente
C1

alig

recentemente
C1
or ora

non appena

di recente
malapena
B2
proprio
A1

poco fa

quasi
A1
dianzi
nuovamente
C1
🔁
solamente
B1
teste
B2
ultimamente
B1

un po’

non appena che

solo un po’

quantu

tra un istante

da poco tempo

con grossa difficoltà

negli ultimi tempi
difficilmente
C2
giusto
A1
immediatamente
B1
lentamente
B2
non
A1
🚫
poco a poco
quando
A1
semplicemente
A2
solo
A1
a malapena
a stento

con difficoltà

Translations

kaum
apenas
à peine
apenas
amb prou feines
nauwelijks
guère
recién

quase não

somente
recentemente
sólo
nouvellement
escasamente
Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
ap‧pé‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/apˈpe.na/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ad poenam. By surface analysis, a + pena (“pain, trouble”). Compare French à peine, etc.

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