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/dʒʌst/Translation
adv
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⇨ acabar de
He has just come back from school Acaba de regresar del colegio
⇨ recién amér.
⇨ nomás amér.
■ Se usa normalmente con el verbo en presente perfecto›
⇨ ya
I'm just coming Ya voy
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⇨ precisamente
⇨ justo
This is just what I wanted Esto es justo lo que quería
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⇨ justo cuando
The bell rang just as I was having a shower El teléfono sonó justo cuando estaba en la ducha
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⇨ solo
That is just an excuse Eso es solo una excusa
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⇨ por poco
I just missed the train Perdí el tren por poco
›Just as I thought!
¡Lo que me parecía!
it's just as well...
⇨ menos mal que...
It's just as well I had some spare keys Menos mal que tenía otro juego de llaves
just about
⇨ casi
I'm just about finished Casi he terminado
just a {moment/second}
⇨ un momento
just like
⇨ igual que
⇨ típico,ca de
It's just like him Es típico de él
just now
⇨ ahora mismo
I can't talk to you just now Ahora mismo no puedo hablar contigo
⇨ hace un momento
I gave her the telephone just now Le di el teléfono hace un momento
(only) just
⇨ a duras penas
⇨ con dificultad
to be just about to do sth
⇨ estar a punto de hacer algo
(Definition of just adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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