"appena" meaning in Italian

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Adverb

IPA: /apˈpe.na/
Rhymes: -ena Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *ad poenam. By surface analysis, a + pena (“pain, trouble”). Compare French à peine, etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|VL.|*ad poenam}} Vulgar Latin *ad poenam, {{surf|it|a|pena|t2=pain, trouble}} By surface analysis, a + pena (“pain, trouble”), {{cog|fr|à peine}} French à peine Head templates: {{it-adv}} appena
  1. barely, hardly
    Sense id: en-appena-it-adv-z7thf3gd
  2. just, recently, newly
    Sense id: en-appena-it-adv-P6DaB8re
  3. as soon as
    Sense id: en-appena-it-adv-lZvkLzhe Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 0 0 54 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: mica, quasi
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          "english": "I can barely hear you with all this noise.",
          "text": "Ti si sente appena con tutto questo baccano.",
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          "english": "We will reply to you as soon as possible.",
          "text": "Vi risponderemo (non) appena possibile.",
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  "pos": "adv",
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      "word": "mica"
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      "word": "quasi"
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          "english": "I can barely hear you with all this noise.",
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