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apenas

/aˈpenas/, [aˈpe.nas]

barely, hardly, just

Examples

  • Apenas tenemos ocasión de usar el inglés.

    We have little opportunity to use English.

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  • Tom apenas salió vivo.

    Tom barely escaped with his life.

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  • Apenas podía verlo.

    I was hardly able to see it.

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  • Apenas puedo dormir por la noche.

    I can scarcely sleep at night.

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  • Lo que dices es interesante, pero apenas tiene relación con tema en cuestión.

    What you're saying is interesting but hardly germane to the topic at hand.

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  • Revisaré tu ensayo apenas encuentre tiempo.

    I'll look over your essay as soon as I can find the time.

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  • Apenas la conocí, me enamoré de ella.

    Hardly had I met her when I fell in love with her.

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  • Apenas empecé a jugar tenis.

    I've just started playing tennis.

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  • Apenas puedo oír sin mi audífono.

    I can barely hear without my earphone.

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  • Apenas llegó a la capital se instaló en un hotel.

    As soon as he arrived in the capital, he got settled at a hotel.

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  • Apenas puedo nadar.

    I can hardly swim.

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  • Apenas salió, se puso a llover.

    As soon as he went out, it began to rain.

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  • Apenas había salido de la casa cuando empezó a llover.

    He had hardly left home when it began to rain.

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  • El soldado herido apenas podía caminar.

    The wounded soldier could hardly walk.

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  • Él apenas me hablaba.

    He barely spoke to me.

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  • Apenas podía entenderle.

    I could hardly understand him.

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  • Apenas conseguí salir de ahí con vida.

    I barely got out of there alive.

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  • Apenas llueve.

    It is hardly raining.

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  • Apenas hay violencia en esa ciudad.

    There is almost no violence in that city.

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  • Apenas si recuerdo a Tom.

    I barely even remember Tom.

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