barely

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
barely adv	(only just)	apenas adv
		escasamente adv
	There is barely enough food for everyone at the party.
	Apenas hay comida para todos en la fiesta.
barely adv	(not quite)	apenas adv
		casi ni loc adv
	I had barely sat down when there was a knock at the door.
	Apenas me había sentado cuando alguien tocó la puerta.
barely adv	(hardly)	apenas adv
		a duras penas loc adv
	My sister is barely 15 and already she's taller than me.
	Mi hermana tiene apenas 15 años y ya es más alta que yo.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El paciente come una vez al día a duras penas.
barely adv	(decorated, furnished: sparsely)	apenas adv
		escasamente adv
	Her love of minimalism was evident in her barely-adorned home.
	Su amor por el minimalismo era evidente por su casa apenas decorada.

Additional Translations
Inglés		Español
barely adv	archaic (openly)	abiertamente adv
	The army was barely assembled on top of the hill.
	El ejército estaba abiertamente reunido en la cima de la montaña.

Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
barely audible adj	(sound: very faint)	que apenas se escucha loc adj
	(coloquial)	muy bajo, muy bajito loc adj
	(coloquial)	que casi no se escucha loc adj
	His voice over the telephone was barely audible.
	Tenía una voz que apenas se escuchaba por el teléfono.
barely coherent adv + adj	(person: not talking sense)	apenas coherente adv + adj
		poco coherente adv + adj
	He'd been drinking so heavily he was barely coherent.
barely coherent adv + adj	(speech, argument: not making sense)	apenas coherente adv + adj
		poco coherente adv + adj
barely legal adv + adj	informal (girl: just past age of consent)	apenas mayor de edad loc adj
		muy joven loc adj
	She was barely legal when they first slept together.
	La primera vez que se acostaron ella era apenas mayor de edad.
barely see [sth] adv + vtr	(have difficulty seeing)	poder ver a duras penas loc verb
Note: Usually preceded by "can"
	She could barely see the road through the thick snow.
	A duras penas podía ver la carretera a causa de la espesa nevada.
can barely see v expr	(have poor sight)	apenas poder ver loc verb
		casi no poder ver loc verb

'barely' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

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Spanish:

Collocations: am barely able (to), is barely over [21], has been barely [a year] (since), more...

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