recently

recientemente

recently(ri-sihnt-li)

adverb

1. (in the immediate past)

a. recientemente

I've recently received a letter from the bank.

Recientemente, he recibido una carta del banco.

b. hace poco

My mother recently saw your brother.

Hace poco que mi madre vio a tu hermano.

c. recién (apocope before past participle)

Recently-graduated students can pick up their diplomas in the office.

Los estudiantes recién graduados pueden recoger sus diplomas en la oficina.

d. recién

(Latin America)

I have recently finished studying.

Recién acabo de estudiar.

2. (lately)

a. últimamente

I haven't slept well recently.

Últimamente no duermo bien.

b. recientemente

Have you read any good books recently?

¿Has leído algún libro bueno recientemente?

recently

adverb

1. (general)

a. recientemente, hace poco

as recently as yesterdayayer sin ir más lejos

until quite recentlyhasta hace muy poco

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recently [ˈriːsntlɪ]

adverb

1 (not long ago) recientemente; hace poco; recién; (LAm)

until recently hasta hace poco; it is only very recently that I started painting empecé a pintar hace muy poco or apenas nada; as recently as 1998 he was living in London aún en 1998, todavía vivía él en Londres; it was discovered as recently as 1903 se descubrió hace apenas nada, en 1903

2 (lately) últimamente; recientemente

I haven't heard from her recently últimamente or recientemente no he sabido nada de ella; just recently he's been acting strangely últimamente se ha estado comportando de un modo extraño

I haven't seen her recently I've been feeling tired recently

3 (before pp) recién

recently arrived recién llegado