scarcely

scarcely
adverb
1) (only just; not quite: Speak louder please - I can scarcely hear you; scarcely enough money to live on.) apenas
2) (used to suggest that something is unreasonable: You can scarcely expect me to work when I'm ill.) ¡no esperarás/esperará...!
scarcely adv apenas
Otra palabra que quiere decir lo mismo es hardly
scarcely
tr['skeəslɪ]
adverb
1 (hardly) apenas
I scarcely know them apenas los conozco
scarcely had I sat down when the phone rang apenas me hube sentado cuando sonó el teléfono
2 (surely not) ni mucho menos
you can scarcely expect me to believe that! ¡no esperarás que crea eso ni mucho menos!
scarcely ['skɛrsli] adv
1) barely: apenas
2) : ni mucho menos, ni nada que se le parezca
he's scarcely an expert: ciertamente no es experto
scarcely
adv.
apenas adv.
con dificultad adv.
escasamente adv.
probablemente no adv.
siquiera adv.
tasadamente adv.
'skersli, 'skeəsli
adverb apenas

I could scarcely understand what he was saying — apenas podía entender lo que decía

['skɛǝslɪ]
ADV (=barely) apenas

scarcely anybody — casi nadie

I can scarcely believe it — apenas puedo creerlo, casi no puedo creerlo

scarcely ever — casi nunca

I scarcely know what to say — no sé qué puedo decir

he was scarcely more than a boy — era apenas un niño

we could scarcely refuse — ¿cómo podíamos negarnos?, difícilmente podíamos negarnos

it is scarcely surprising that ... — no es ni mucho menos sorprendente que ...

he's scarcely what you'd call a cordon bleu chef — iro no es precisamente un maestro de la cocina

the car had scarcely drawn to a halt when... — apenas se había parado el coche cuando ...

* * *
['skersli, 'skeəsli]
adverb apenas

I could scarcely understand what he was saying — apenas podía entender lo que decía


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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