appena

1. essivesingular ofappi

• appaen,appane,neppaa

FromVulgar Latin*ad poenam. Bysurface analysis,a +‎pena(“pain, trouble”). CompareFrenchà peine, etc.

• IPA^(key): /apˈpe.na/

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• Rhymes:-ena
• Hyphenation:ap‧pé‧na

appena

1. barely,hardly

   Ti si senteappena con tutto questo baccano.

   I canbarely hear you with all this noise.

2. just,recently,newly

   Èappena arrivata, dalle un po' di tempo per riposarsi.

   She hasjust arrived, give her some time to rest.

3. as soon as

   Vi risponderemo (non)appena possibile.

   We will reply to youas soon as possible.

• In the meaning 3, note thatnon appena has the same meaning asappena.

• mica
• quasi

• appena in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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