ahora.
now (at the present time)
Meaning & usage
now (at the present time)
just now, just a moment ago (in the past)
very soon, in a moment (in the future)
of nowadays, of today, latter-day
La juventud de ahora entiende esto y más.
today
Ahora me levanté temprano y con ánimo.
Te veré ahora en la noche.
however, on the other hand
Te quiero mucho. Ahora eso no quiere decir que haré lo que digas.
sometimes...other times
Ahora dice una cosa, ahora dice lo contrario.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰo Proto-Italic *ho Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Italic *ke Proto-Italic *hoke Latin hec Latin hic Latin hāc Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōrā Old Spanish agora Spanish ahora Inherited from Old Spanish agora, from Latin hāc hōrā (“at this time”). According to Coromines and Pascual, the original form agora was, from the early modern period, increasingly left to both high and low registers, in favour of the phonetically reduced ahora. Francisco de Quevedo in the early 17th century mocks agora in his Cuento de Cuentos as a "rustic vulgarity", although the term continued to be used by archaizing poets into the 19th century, and it continues to survive to this day in various non-prestigious dialects. As for ahora, there is a very rare early attestation (spelled aora) in Juan Ruiz in the early 14th century, but the term doesn't enter common written usage until the 16th century with writers like Cervantes and Góngora, side-by-side the older agora. Compare Portuguese agora. To a lesser extent, compare also Italian ora and Old French ore.
now...now, whether...or...
Ahora en la sala, ahora en el comedor, había un desastre por doquier.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰo Proto-Italic *ho Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Italic *ke Proto-Italic *hoke Latin hec Latin hic Latin hāc Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōrā Old Spanish agora Spanish ahora Inherited from Old Spanish agora, from Latin hāc hōrā (“at this time”). According to Coromines and Pascual, the original form agora was, from the early modern period, increasingly left to both high and low registers, in favour of the phonetically reduced ahora. Francisco de Quevedo in the early 17th century mocks agora in his Cuento de Cuentos as a "rustic vulgarity", although the term continued to be used by archaizing poets into the 19th century, and it continues to survive to this day in various non-prestigious dialects. As for ahora, there is a very rare early attestation (spelled aora) in Juan Ruiz in the early 14th century, but the term doesn't enter common written usage until the 16th century with writers like Cervantes and Góngora, side-by-side the older agora. Compare Portuguese agora. To a lesser extent, compare also Italian ora and Old French ore.
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