"a malapena" meaning in Italian

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "mala",
        "3": "pena",
        "t1": "bad"
      },
      "expansion": "Univerbation of mala (“bad”) + pena",
      "name": "univerbation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Univerbation of mala (“bad”) + pena. Emphasized form of appena.",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "a malapena",
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  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian univerbations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hardly, scarcely"
      ],
      "id": "en-a_malapena-it-adv-msm6~6KI",
      "links": [
        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ],
        [
          "scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a malapena"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "mala",
        "3": "pena",
        "t1": "bad"
      },
      "expansion": "Univerbation of mala (“bad”) + pena",
      "name": "univerbation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Univerbation of mala (“bad”) + pena. Emphasized form of appena.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "a malapena",
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  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian multiword terms",
        "Italian univerbations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hardly, scarcely"
      ],
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        [
          "hardly",
          "hardly"
        ],
        [
          "scarcely",
          "scarcely"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "a malapena"
}