BARELY - Traducción inglés-español

Oxford Spanish Dictionary

inglés

español

barely [ingl. am. ˈbɛrli, ingl. brit. ˈbɛːli] ADV.

1. barely (hardly):

barely

apenas

I can barely hear you

apenas te oigo

I can barely hear you

casi no te oigo

we'd barely finished eating when he arrived

apenas habíamos terminado de comer cuando llegó

2. barely (scantily):

a barely furnished room

una habitación con pocos muebles

barely supportable

casi insoportable or intolerable

she's barely numerate

apenas sabe sumar y restar

her handwriting is barely intelligible

su letra apenas se puede entender

with barely believable courage

con un valor poco menos que increíble

they paid us barely enough for subsistence

nos pagaban lo justo para poder subsistir

they paid us barely enough for subsistence atrbv. agriculture/crop/farming

de subsistencia

they paid us barely enough for subsistence economy

economía f de subsistencia

we barely manage to scrape along

apenas nos alcanza para vivir

much of the population is barely literate

la mayor parte de la población es casi analfabeta

español

inglés

escasamente

barely

el motor apenas emite un ronroneo

the engine barely rises above a purr

en el diccionario PONS

inglés

español

barely [ˈbeəli, ingl. am. ˈber-] ADV.

1. barely (hardly):

barely

apenas

barely

agatas Arg., Urug., Par.

2. barely (scantily):

barely

escasamente

to be barely visible

ser a penas perceptible

español

inglés

agatas sabe leer

he/she can barely read

agatas

barely

agatas hace una hora

barely an hour ago

vivimos estrechamente

we barely make ends meet

a duras penas

barely

apenas (escasamente)

barely

apenas hace una hora

barely an hour ago

estoy cansada: no me tengo en pie

I am so tired I can barely stand

en el diccionario PONS

inglés

español

barely [ˈber·li] ADV.

1. barely (hardly):

barely

apenas

barely

agatas Arg., Urug., Par.

2. barely (scantily):

barely

escasamente

to be barely visible

ser a penas perceptible

español

inglés

agatas sabe leer

he/she can barely read

agatas

barely

agatas hace una hora

barely an hour ago

a duras penas

barely

hace escasamente dos horas que se han ido

they left barely two hours ago

vivimos estrechamente

we barely make ends meet

llego a fin de mes con muchos equilibrios fig.

I can barely make do on my monthly budget

apenas (escasamente)

barely

apenas hace una hora

barely an hour ago

estoy cansada: no me tengo en pie

I am so tired I can barely stand

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

The goal is to create something shocking but also very subtle and completely believable.

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It's a beautiful story and the characters are very believable, which is what attracted me to the project.

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In a movie, though, if you're going to build a giant physical structure of alien design, you have to make it believable.

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They also found that the claim that drying out of ligaments would make the position, does not seem believable either.

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The reviewer thought the acting was good in some spots but in many ways not believable.

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