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Finnish
Noun
appena
- essive singular of appi
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ad poenam. By surface analysis, a + pena (“pain, trouble”). Compare French à peine, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apˈpe.na/
- Rhymes: -ena
- Hyphenation: ap‧pé‧na
Adverb
appena
- barely, hardly
Ti si sente appena con tutto questo baccano.- I can barely hear you with all this noise.
- just, recently, newly
È appena arrivata, dalle un po' di tempo per riposarsi.- She has just arrived, give her some time to rest.
- as soon as
Vi risponderemo (non) appena possibile.- We will reply to you as soon as possible.
Usage notes
- In the meaning 3, note that non appena has the same meaning as appena.
See also
Further reading
- appena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana