Significado de nearly en inglés
nearlynearly /ˈnɪəli $ ˈnɪrli/ adverb
Ver todas las traducciones1especially British English almost, but not quite or not completelycasi, pero no del todo o no completamente SYN almost:
It took nearly two hours to get here.Se tardó casi dos horas en llegar aquí.
Michelle’s nearly twenty.Michelle tiene casi veinte años.
Is the job nearly finished?¿El trabajo está casi terminado?
Louise is nearly as tall as her mother.Louise es casi tan alta como su madre.
I nearly always go home for lunch.Casi siempre vuelvo a casa a almorzar.
He very nearly died.Por poco muere.► see thesaurus at almost2not nearly not at allen absoluto:
He’s not nearly as good-looking as his brother.Él no es ni de lejos tan atractivo como su hermano.
We’ve saved some money, but it’s not nearly enough.Hemos ahorrado algo de dinero, pero no es ni de lejos suficiente.GRAMMAR: ComparisonGRAMÁTICA: Comparaciónnearly• Don’t use nearly before negative words such as ‘no’ or ‘nothing’. ✗Don’t say: I know nearly nothing about it. | There was nearly no traffic.• No uses nearly delante de palabras negativas como "no" o "nothing". ✗No digas: I know nearly nothing about it. | There was nearly no traffic.almost• You can use almost with negative words such as ‘no’ or ‘nothing’: · I know almost nothing about it.· There was almost no traffic.• Puedes usar almost con palabras negativas como "no" o "nothing": · I know almost nothing about it.· There was almost no traffic.hardly• You can also form negative sentences using hardly with ‘any’, ‘anything’ etc: · I know hardly anything about it.· There was hardly any traffic.• También puedes formar oraciones negativas usando hardly con "any", "anything", etc.: · I know hardly anything about it.· There was hardly any traffic.
Ver todas las traducciones1especially British English almost, but not quite or not completelycasi, pero no del todo o no completamente SYN almost:
It took nearly two hours to get here.Se tardó casi dos horas en llegar aquí.
Michelle’s nearly twenty.Michelle tiene casi veinte años.
Is the job nearly finished?¿El trabajo está casi terminado?
Louise is nearly as tall as her mother.Louise es casi tan alta como su madre.
I nearly always go home for lunch.Casi siempre vuelvo a casa a almorzar.
He very nearly died.Por poco muere.► see thesaurus at almost2not nearly not at allen absoluto:
He’s not nearly as good-looking as his brother.Él no es ni de lejos tan atractivo como su hermano.
We’ve saved some money, but it’s not nearly enough.Hemos ahorrado algo de dinero, pero no es ni de lejos suficiente.GRAMMAR: ComparisonGRAMÁTICA: Comparaciónnearly• Don’t use nearly before negative words such as ‘no’ or ‘nothing’. ✗Don’t say: I know nearly nothing about it. | There was nearly no traffic.• No uses nearly delante de palabras negativas como "no" o "nothing". ✗No digas: I know nearly nothing about it. | There was nearly no traffic.almost• You can use almost with negative words such as ‘no’ or ‘nothing’: · I know almost nothing about it.· There was almost no traffic.• Puedes usar almost con palabras negativas como "no" o "nothing": · I know almost nothing about it.· There was almost no traffic.hardly• You can also form negative sentences using hardly with ‘any’, ‘anything’ etc: · I know hardly anything about it.· There was hardly any traffic.• También puedes formar oraciones negativas usando hardly con "any", "anything", etc.: · I know hardly anything about it.· There was hardly any traffic.