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Definition 2024
appena
appena
Italian
Etymology
a + pena. Compare Catalan a penes, Esperanto apenaŭ, French à peine, Ido apene, Portuguese apenas, and Spanish apenas.
Adverb
appena
- barely, hardly
- (in regards to time) just; moments ago, recently
- as soon as
- Vi risponderemo appena possibile. = “We will reply to you as soon as possible.”