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now1

/naʊ/

Translation

adv
ahora
Where are you now?
¿Dónde estás ahora?
I don't want to do it now
No quiero hacerlo ahora
ya
He won't be long now
Ya no tardará mucho en llegar
(every) now and {again/then}
a veces
de vez en cuando
just now
ahora mismo
hace un instante
right now
ahora mismo
ya
(Definition of now adv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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