apenas
/aˈpenas/, [aˈpe.nas]barely, hardly, just
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Apenas había salido de la casa cuando se puso a llover fuerte.
I had hardly left home when it began to rain heavily.
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Tom apenas puede caminar.
Tom can barely walk.
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Apenas puedo oírlo.
I can hardly hear him.
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Veo cuando los hombres aman a las mujeres. Ellos les dan apenas un poco de sus vidas. Pero las mujeres, cuando aman, lo dan todo.
I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Apenas había entrado en casa cuando estalló la tormenta.
I had barely gotten home when the storm broke out.
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Tom apenas seguía vivo cuando lo encontramos.
Tom was barely alive when we found him.
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Apenas él prendió el fósforo, la bomba estalló.
No sooner had he struck the match than the bomb exploded.
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Apenas hay gente que tenga dos coches.
Few people have two cars.
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Mi sueldo apenas es suficiente para sobrevivir.
My income is barely enough to maintain living.
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Apenas la vimos.
We barely saw it.
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Apenas puedo ver.
I can hardly see.
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Yo leí 60 páginas, mientras que él apenas leyó 10.
I have read sixty pages, while he has read only ten.
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Yo preparo café apenas me levanto.
As soon as I get up, I fix the coffee.
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Dale este recado apenas él llegue.
Give him this message the moment he arrives.
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El óvulo humano es apenas visible a simple vista.
Human ovum is barely visible to the naked eye.
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Tras un año de práctica, ella apenas sabe tocar el piano.
After practicing for a year, she is barely able to play the piano.
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Llámame apenas te hayas juntado con él.
Call me as soon as you meet up with him.
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Tom siempre habla en voz tan baja que apenas le entiendo lo que dice.
Tom always speaks in such a low voice that I can barely understand what he says.
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Físicamente ambos hermanos apenas se parecen.
The two brothers are quite unlike in their appearance.
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Apenas hemos comenzado.
We've barely begun.
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