barely

[EE. UU.]/ˈbeəli/
[Reino Unido]/ˈberli/
Frecuencia: Muy alto

Traducción

adv. justo suficiente; casi no; abiertamente; insuficientemente.

Frases y colocaciones

just barely

apenas

barely enough

apenas suficiente

barely visible

apenas visible

barely audible

apenas audible

Oraciones de ejemplo

he was barely eighteen.

era apenas dieciocho años.

he was barely scathed.

apenas sufrió daños.

The room is barely furnished.

La habitación está apenas amoblada.

The blade barely broke the skin.

La hoja apenas rompió la piel.

In August the heat is barely tolerable.

En agosto, el calor es apenas tolerable.

their barely furnished house.

su casa apenas amoblada.

there was barely enough food to go round.

apenas había suficiente comida para todos.

his violence was barely leashed.

su violencia apenas estaba contenida.

The skimpy rug barely covers the floor.

La alfombra escasa apenas cubre el suelo.

could barely see the road in the fog.

apenas se podía ver la carretera entre la niebla.

a barely furnished room.

una habitación apenas amoblada.

We barely skinned by.

Apenas sobrevivimos.

They had barely time to catch the plane.

Apenas tuvieron tiempo de tomar el avión.

We barely had time to catch the train.

Apenas tuvimos tiempo de tomar el tren.

His argument was barely intelligible.

Su argumento apenas era comprensible.

The shore was barely visible through the fog.

La orilla apenas era visible entre la niebla.

His French was barely comprehensible.

Su francés apenas era comprensible.

barely enough income on which to exist.

apenas suficiente ingreso para vivir.

Ejemplos del mundo real

The woman was barely in her 20s and barely breathing.

Fuente: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Barely done, barely done. It is good for you.

Fuente: The story of Hachiko the loyal dog.

And so it's barely pumping any blood.

Fuente: Osmosis - Cardiovascular

I can barely keep my eyes open.

Fuente: The Best Mom

" Just" can mean " merely, " " barely" or " exactly" .

Fuente: VOA Slow English - Word Stories

Yeah, but just barely. Is this how loud you were talking?

Fuente: Modern Family - Season 01

Your boundless energy, which you could barely contain.

Fuente: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

She was barely 30 when she died.

Fuente: Desperate Housewives Season 7

He barely survived and ended up with partial amnesia.

Fuente: Steve Jobs Biography

The moon barely dims as it enters this part.

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