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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

ahora mismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aˈo.ɾa ˈmis.mo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Right now/ˌraɪt ˈnaʊ/
adverbinterjectionCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Estoy ocupado ahora mismo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    At the present moment; immediately or without delay.

    "I am busy working on a project right now."
As interjection
  1. 1

    Used to express urgency, emphasis, or an insistence on immediate action.

    "Right now! Put that down immediately."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the Old English 'riht' (meaning straight, correct, or direct) and the Old English 'nū' (meaning at the present time). Historically solidified in Middle English as an emphatic temporal adverbial phrase emphasizing immediacy and the current exact moment.

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