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mexhapati

Nov 11, 2002, 6:38 PM

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Apenas? What does this mean?

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Come on let's get this board moving. Apenas si hay entradas en este foro. What does it mean? Where does it come from?

oro

El Bote

Nov 11, 2002, 7:16 PM

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apenas = just barely ¿apenas llegaste? = you just now got here?

mexhapati

Nov 11, 2002, 7:22 PM

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Re: [El Bote] Apenas? Exactly

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Correct Bote!

Actually it would be a penas si llegaste. You were hard pressed to get here. Had to go through some "penas" in order to get here.

Brad.

Nov 11, 2002, 7:39 PM

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a penas si llegaste.

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El Bote

Nov 12, 2002, 3:19 PM

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Gracias Oro,

Antes, no le vi la conexión.

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mexhapati

Nov 12, 2002, 4:22 PM

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It has that very castilian flavor to it when you view it in this light, doesn't it? Takes you to the Iberian Pennisula.

Glad you got the conection. That's my reward.

oro

jerezano

Nov 13, 2002, 6:55 AM

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Re: [oro] Apenas? What does this mean?/hardly, scarcely or as conj. as soon as NMSG.

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