appena

Finnish

Noun

appena

1. (deprecated template usage) essive singular of appi

Anagrams

• appaen, appane, neppaa

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ad paene (“almost”). Unrelated to pena (“pain, punishment”).

Compare Catalan a penes, Esperanto apenaŭ, French à peine, Ido apene, Portuguese apenas, and Spanish apenas.

Adverb

appena

1. barely, hardly
2. just, recently, newly
3. as soon as

   Vi risponderemo (non) appena possibile. = “We will reply to you as soon as possible.”

In the meaning 3, note that non appena has the same meaning as appena.

See also

• mica
• quasi