hardly

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɑːrdli/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɑrdli/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(härd′lē)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
hardly adv (only just)apenas adv
  casi no, casi nadie loc adv
 The kitten was hardly any bigger than the palm of my hand.
 El gatito era apenas más grande que la palma de mi mano.
hardly adv emphatic (scarcely, not)difícilmente adv
  escasamente adv
 Holly is hardly the kind of person who can raise a child.
 Holly es difícilmente el tipo de persona para criar a un niño.
hardly adv (unlikely)difícilmente adv
 Now that you've cut her pay, our programmer will hardly want to stay.
 Ahora que le has reducido el sueldo, la programadora difícilmente querrá quedarse.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
hardly adv archaic (harshly)duramente, severamente adv
 The policeman treated the vagrant very hardly.
 El policía trató al vagabundo muy duramente.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
can hardly wait v expr (feel impatient, excited)apenas poder esperar expr
 I can hardly wait for my birthday! This has been such a rotten day, I can hardly wait for it to be over.
 ¡Apenas puedo esperar a que sea mi cumpleaños! Este ha sido un día tan podrido, apenas puedo esperar a que se termine.
  no ver la hora expr
 ¡No veo la hora de que sea mi cumpleaños! Este ha sido un día tan podrido, no veo la hora de que se termine.
hardly any adj (few)casi nada loc prnl
  casi ninguno loc prnl
 After my brother discovered the cookies, there were hardly any left.
 Después de que mi hermano descubriera las galletitas, no quedó casi nada.
hardly any adj (not much) (oración afirmativa)muy poco loc adj
  (oración negativa)casi ninguno loc adj
 There's hardly any chance of Bob being promoted.
 Hay muy pocas probabilidades de que asciendan a Bob.
hardly anything pron (almost nothing)casi nada loc pron
Note: También se usa siempre con adverbio de negación.
 There is hardly anything to eat in this house.
 ¡Pero, no hay casi nada de comer en esta casa!
hardly ever adv (rarely)casi nunca loc adv
 I hardly ever drink in the morning.
 Casi nunca bebo por la mañana.
hardly expect [sth] adv + vtr (unreasonable to anticipate)ser improbable v cop + adj
Note: often preceded by "can"
 One can hardly expect to see a vaccine being produced before the month is out.
 Es improbable que se pueda empezar a producir una vacuna antes de fin de mes.
  no contar con loc verb
 No cuento con que se pueda empezar a producir una vacuna antes de fin de mes.
  haber pocas esperanzas loc verb
 Hay pocas esperanzas de que se pueda empezar producir una vacuna antes de fin de mes.
  difícilmente adv
 Difícilmente se pueda empezar a producir una vacuna antes de fin de mes.
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'hardly' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
almost never - barely - little chance - little opportunity - little or no - not very - precious little - very little
Spanish:
apenas si - apenas - escasamente - ni tanto - nomás - casi - difícilmente - dudosamente - malamente - a duras penas - apenas hablo inglés - apenas llevar - comer ansias - con poca frecuencia - con solo - ir poco - no hacer mucho de que - no parar en - quemarse las habas - rara vez - si no lo veo, no lo creo - sin apenas interrumpir - tan poco - tris - una que otra vez

Collocations: could hardly sleep last night, so tired I can hardly stand (up), so weak she could hardly [stand, walk, speak], more...

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