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Meaning of Scarcely in Spanish :

scarcely

1

apenas

ADV
Synonyms: just, hardly, barely
  • He scarcely knew what he was saying. Apenas sabía lo que estaba diciendo.
  • The very children scarcely noticed him. Los niños muy apenas se fijó en él.
  • Scarcely an electrical impulse left. Apenas queda un impulso eléctrico.
  • And he scarcely observed her. Y apenas la miraba.
  • I can scarcely contain my glee. Apenas puedo contener mi alegría.
  • I scarcely recognize her anymore, doctor. Apenas la reconozco, doctor.
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2

escasamente

ADV
  • Scarcely believable, but it's the truth, ... Escasamente creible, pero es la verdad ...
  • ... the genre timidly, scarcely reflects the creation and development ... ... el género refleja tímida y escasamente la creación y evolución ...
  • ... an island, a mountain or a scarcely populated area. ... una isla, una montaña o una zona escasamente poblada.
  • depths in my own nature I had scarcely suspected. profundidades de mi propia naturaleza me había escasamente sospechado.
  • ... pounds of the law is scarcely sufficient to deal with their ... ... libras de la ley son escasamente suficientes para tratar sus ...
  • "There has scarcely been a duel fought on ... "No ha sido escasamente un duelo peleado en ...
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difícilmente

ADV
Synonyms: hard, hardly, unlikely
  • But it's scarcely what you call progress. Pero difícilmente sea lo que uno llama progreso.
  • Horrors your classmates can scarcely imagine. Horrores que tus amigos difícilmente se pueden imaginar.
  • She thought it could scarcely escape him to feel ... Ella pensó que difícilmente podría escapar a sentir ...
  • Breakfast was scarcely over when a servant from ... El desayuno era más difícilmente cuando un servidor de ...
  • ... many of your clients, you can scarcely be ... muchos de sus clientes, que difícilmente puede ser
  • ... on down there, would be scarcely defensible. ... ahí abajo,.difícilmente será defendible.
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More meaning of Scarcely

just

I)

sólo

ADV
Synonyms: only, alone
  • She was just working the job. Sólo estaba haciendo su trabajo.
  • She just needs some time alone. Sólo necesita estar sola un tiempo.
  • And it was just one time. Fué sólo una vez .
  • Just two interlocking links. Sólo un par de piezas cruzadas.
  • Those things outside are just vessels. Esas cosas que están fuera son sólo envases.
  • Just answer whatever you know. Sólo respondan lo que sepan.
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II)

simplemente

ADV
Synonyms: simply, merely
  • That is just for the record. Hago esta apreciación simplemente para que quede constancia.
  • We just can't get to it. Simplemente no podemos conocerla.
  • I just don't feel safe being alone. Simplemente no me siento segura estando sola.
  • Just wait for a better spot. Simplemente espera una mejor situación.
  • Just walk out the door. Simplemente atravesar la puerta.
  • It just was not like him. Simplemente no fue él.
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III)

acaba

ADV
Synonyms: ends, finish
  • You have just placed yourself outside the law. Acaba de ponerse fuera de la ley.
  • Some chap just told me about this. Un muchacho acaba de informarme sobre esto.
  • He just said he would. Acaba de decir que lo hará.
  • You just harvest it. Usted acaba de cosechar.
  • You just met him. Lo acaba de conocer.
  • You just have a new born son. Usted acaba de tener un hijo.
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IV)

justo

ADV
  • Just like you told me to. Justo como me dijiste.
  • I was just coming to see you. Justo iba a verla.
  • Just as he touched down it blew. Justo cuando tocó el suelo voló.
  • Well launched, just inside the screens. Bien puesto en marcha, justo dentro de las pantallas.
  • This job was my opportunity to do just that. Este trabajo fue mi oportunidad de hacer justo eso.
  • They were just here. Ellos estaban justo aquí.
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V)

apenas

ADV
Synonyms: hardly, barely, scarcely
  • Just leaving it out there for the elements. Apenas dejándolo fuera de allí para los elementos.
  • I was just trying him out. Apenas lo estaba probando.
  • They just got off the boat. Apenas se bajaron del barco.
  • I know, we just met. Sé que apenas nos conocíamos.
  • It just is not interested in save that addicted elephant! Apenas nos interesa en salvar a ese elefante adicto!
  • I just feel like this. Yo apenas me siento así.
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VI)

solamente

ADV
Synonyms: only, alone, solely
  • It is, after all, just an animal. Después de todo, solamente es un animal.
  • I was just petting him. Solamente lo estaba acariciando.
  • I just like them. Solamente que me guStan.
  • I was just doing what he said. Solamente hice lo que me pidió.
  • You just have to listen, to hear these voices. Tu debes solamente escuchar, o ir esas voces.
  • We just have a few questions. Solamente tenemos unas preguntas.
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hardly

I)

apenas

ADV
Synonyms: just, barely, scarcely
  • I hardly know you really, but. Apenas te conozco, pero.
  • We hardly moved forward yesterday or today. Apenas hemos avanzado entre ayer y hoy.
  • I can hardly remember a better one. Apenas puedo recordar un día mejor.
  • We can hardly pluck the answer from thin air. Apenas podemos sacarla respuesta del aire leve.
  • You hardly drank any. Apenas tomo un sorbo.
  • I hardly noticed his appearance. Apenas notó que su apariencia.
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II)

difícilmente

ADV
Synonyms: hard, scarcely, unlikely
  • These days, hardly anyone would do that. Estos días, difícilmente alguien haría eso.
  • And hardly the most notable. Y difícilmente el más notable.
  • My kids hardly know me. Mis hijos difícilmente me conocen.
  • Hardly anyone was left alive in there. Difícilmente haya quedado alguien vivo ahí.
  • Hardly even know the man. Difícilmente conozco al hombre.
  • You can hardly call that a lesson. Difícilmente puedes llamar a eso una lección.
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III)

casi

ADV
  • We hardly ever see you nowadays anyway. De todos modos ahora casi nunca le vemos.
  • Hardly anyone the kitchen properly. Ya casi nadie las cocina apropiadamente.
  • Hardly anyone knows my name here. Aqui casi nadie sabe mi nombre.
  • You guys hardly ever answer the door. Casi nunca atienden la puerta.
  • Or it wasn't doing hardly anything. O casi no estaba haciendo nada.
  • But hardly anyone knows that now. Pero casi nadie lo sabe.
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IV)

duras penas

ADV
Synonyms: barely
  • She can hardly tolerate my not being around. A duras penas tolera estar sin mi.
  • I hardly recognized you without a ... A duras penas te reconozco sin una ...
  • Perhaps you will hardly think the better of ... Quizá a duras penas podrá pensar mejor de ...
  • ... by then, he couldn't hardly stand himself. ... en esa época, que a duras penas podía pararse solo.
  • ... call them, but we've hardly sold any. ... llamarlo, pero a duras penas hemos vendido alguno.
  • I've hardly had time to feed my cat. A duras penas he tenido tiempo de alimentar a mi gato.
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barely

I)

apenas

ADV
Synonyms: just, hardly, scarcely
  • We barely got enough fuel to make it back. Apenas tenemos combustible para regresar.
  • I can barely walk now. Yo apenas camino ahora.
  • They could barely keep their hands off each other. Ellos apenas pueden quitarse las manos uno de otro.
  • It was barely five minutes. Fueron apenas cinco minutos.
  • You can barely walk, much less run. Apenas puedes caminar, mucho menos correr.
  • They barely know each other. Apenas y se conocen entre ellos.
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II)

duras penas

ADV
Synonyms: hardly
  • How we barely made it to my bed. En como a duras penas llegamos hasta mi cama.
  • He barely recognizes his own family. A duras penas reconoce a su familia.
  • It barely even looked like him. A duras penas siquiera se veía como él.
  • A barely, adequate substitute for you. A duras penas una sustituta adecuada a falta de ti.
  • ... from societies that could barely afford to feed their people. ... en sociedades que a duras penas podían alimentar a sus gentes.
  • ... on it, but we can barely see him. ... en eso, a duras penas podemos verlo.
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III)

escasamente

ADV
  • What you're seeing is random, barely discernible. Lo que ve es aleatorio, escasamente discernible.
  • Barely enough to walk another 20 days. Escasamente lo suficiente para caminar otros 20 dias.
  • All this was barely a month before the ... Todos esto estaba escasamente al mes antes del ...
  • ... wasjust a small fishing village barely 40 years ago. ... era una pequeña aldea de pescadores hace escasamente 40 años.
  • ... was just a small fishing village barely 40 years ago. ... era una pequeña aldea de pescadores hace escasamente 40 años.
  • ... was just a small fishing village barely 40 years ago. ... era una pequeña aldea de pescadores hace escasamente 40 años.
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penas

ADV
  • He can barely function around people. A penas puede funcionar rodeado de gente.
  • We can barely pay teachers. A penas podemos pagar a los profesores.
  • Barely weighs a pound. A penas pesa medio kilo.
  • I barely understand them myself. A penas las entiendo yo mismo.
  • I barely make a good uncle. A penas soy un buen tío.
  • ... side of the road, barely alive. ... lado de la carretera, a penas viva.
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sparingly

I)

escasamente

ADV
  • Sparingly soluble in water; Escasamente soluble en agua;
II)

espaciadamente

ADV
III)

moderación

ADV

sparing

I)

ahorradores

VERB
  • sparing not the creatures which itself hath spawned. ahorradores no a las criaturas que se ha generado.
  • see the knaves are sparing a man to the ... ver los bribones son ahorradores de un hombre con el ...
  • ... of potassium iodide with potassium-sparing diuretics may increase the ... ... yoduro de potasio con diuréticos ahorradores de potasio pueden aumentar el ...
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II)

economizador

VERB
Synonyms: economizer, saver
III)

escasamente

VERB
IV)

ahorrar

NOUN
V)

conservadora

NOUN
VI)

spare

NOUN
VII)

perdonan

VERB
Synonyms: forgive, pardon
  • Not even sparing women and children. No perdonan mujeres ni niños.
  • They're sparing no one, I see. No perdonan a nadie, por lo que veo.
  • They're sparing no one, I see. Veo que no perdonan a nadie.
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VIII)

parco

VERB
Synonyms: parco
  • And as she had never been sparing of complaints of her ... Y como nunca había sido parco de las denuncias de su ...
  • ... drink and he is very sparing in gratuities. ... bebe y es muy parco en propinas.
  • ... drink and he is very sparing in gratuities. ... bebe y es muy parco en propinas.
  • ... , but was very sparing of my powder and ... ... , pero era muy parco de mi pólvora y ...
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IX)

salvamento

NOUN

hard

I)

duro

ADJ
Synonyms: tough, rough, harsh
  • I work so very hard every day. Trabajo tan duro todos los días.
  • This ground is hard. El suelo es duro.
  • It is very hard for them to talk about it. Para ellas es muy duro contarlo.
  • There will be reward for all hard work. Habrá se recompensa por todo el trabajo duro.
  • I know you worked very hard. Sé que trabajaste muy duro.
  • It must be hard. Tiene que ser duro.
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II)

difícil

ADJ
  • It was very hard to see at night. Era muy difícil de ver de noche.
  • Living without him is too hard. Vivir sin él es tan difícil.
  • Proof is hard to come by. Es difícil hallar pruebas.
  • You must have had a really hard time. Debe haber tenido un momento muy difícil.
  • It is too hard to serve as a bed. Es difícil que sirva como cama.
  • I mean, it's really hard to decide. Quiero decir, es difícil decidir.
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III)

arduo

ADJ
Synonyms: arduous, painstaking
  • Your hard work deserves a reward. Tu trabajo arduo merece una recompensa.
  • But just getting there is hard work. Pero simplemente llegar allí es un trabajo arduo.
  • Thank for you for your hard work. Gracias por tu arduo trabajo.
  • Read more about their hard work. Lee más acerca de su arduo trabajo.
  • Because for all their hard work, hearing their names fills ... Pues por todo su arduo trabajo, al escuchar sus nombres ...
  • They taught him the values of hard work and responsibility and ... Le enseñaron los valores del trabajo arduo,la responsabilidad y ...
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IV)

fuertes

ADJ
  • Scholars are so hard and fast. Los estudiantes son muy fuertes y rápidos.
  • Men of hard purpose and desire. Hombres de fuertes objetivos y deseos.
  • Some stations like hard news. Hay quienes usan noticias fuertes.
  • Hard liquor and soft women. A bebidas fuertes y mujeres suaves.
  • Not too hard, not too soft. Ni muy fuertes, ni muy suaves.
  • Opium plants are hard enough to outlive any ... Las plantas de opio son tan fuertes que sobreviven a cualquier ...
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V)

mucho

ADV
Synonyms: much, long, lot, far, very, too much, plenty
  • Study hard and be a great man. Estudia mucho para ser un gran hombre.
  • You work hard to care for him. Trabaja mucho para cuidarlo.
  • I tried real hard but nothing really happened. Traté mucho pero nada pasó.
  • I studied really hard this time. He estudiado mucho esta vez.
  • He says you work very hard. Dice que trabajas mucho.
  • But you can tell he's thinking about it hard. Pero puedes decir que lo ha estado pensando mucho.
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unlikely

I)

poco probable

ADJ
  • You know how unlikely that is. Sabes que es poco probable.
  • Sounds unlikely to me. A mí me parece poco probable.
  • You know, that seems unlikely. Sabes, eso parece poco probable.
  • I think it is unlikely that that will be reversed. Creo que lo que es poco probable que se invierta.
  • That sounds very unlikely. Eso suena muy poco probable.
  • It seems rather unlikely, a revolutionary chauffeur. Parece poco probable, un chófer revolucionario.
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II)

inverosímil

ADJ
  • In a most unlikely place. En un lugar inverosímil.
  • He was an unlikely revolutionary. Fue un revolucionario inverosímil.
  • the unlikely as the obvious. lo inverosímil como lo evidente.
  • And why is that so unlikely? ¿Y porqué es esto tan inverosímil?
  • ... made public, people are unlikely ever to feel comfortable speaking ... ... hecho publicas la gente está inverosímil aunque se siente segura hablando ...
  • It's so unlikely, I don't see how anyone ... Es tan inverosímil que nadie va a ...
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III)

insólito

ADJ
  • You seem an unlikely candidate for this kind of work. Pareces un candidato insólito para este tipo de trabajo.
  • The unlikely journey that brought me ... El insólito viaje que me trajo ...
  • The unlikely journey that brought me ... El insólito viaje que me trajo ...
  • This unlikely hostelry was created by a ... Este hospedaje insólito fue creado por un ...
  • ... I show how the most unlikely of beginnings can become the ... ... muestro cómo el más insólito de los inicios puede convertirse en ...
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IV)

difícilmente

ADJ
Synonyms: hard, hardly, scarcely
  • ... after tonight's experiences, he is unlikely ever to return ... después de la experiencia de hoy, difícilmente regrese.
  • ... is that muddling through is unlikely to work. ... es que la estrategia de ir tirando difícilmente funciona.
  • ... finds the equipment was unlikely to be transferred and used in ... ... considera que el equipo era difícilmente trasladable y utilizable en ...
  • ... scalability:These devices are unlikely to have the power or ... ... escalabilidad:Estos dispositivos difícilmente tendrán la potencia o la capacidad ...
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