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apenas.

only; just; merely (no more than)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adv/aˈpẽ.nɐs/Brazil/aˈpẽ.nɐʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ɐˈpe.nɐʃ/Portugal
  1. only; just; merely (no more than)

    not-comparable
  2. barely (by a small margin)

    Africa · Portugal · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin *ad poenam, with an additional adverbial /-s/ (compare entrementes, ultimately from Latin interim).

verb/aˈpẽ.nɐs/Brazil/aˈpẽ.nɐʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro/ɐˈpe.nɐʃ/Portugal
  1. second-person singular present indicative of apenar

    form-of · indicative · present · second-person · singular
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