apenas
Portuguese, adverb/aˈpẽ.nɐs/
apenas is spelled A-P-E-N-A-S (6 letters) and appears 851 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apenas is a Portuguese adverb meaning “only; just; merely (no more than)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular present indicative of apenar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “somente”.
What does apenas mean in English?
adverb
- 1
only; just; merely (no more than)
- 2
Portugalbarely (by a small margin)
verb
- 1
second-person singular present indicative of apenar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. somente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce apenas?
- Brazil /aˈpẽ.nɐs/
- /aˈpẽ.nɐʃ/
- Portugal /ɐˈpe.nɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apenas
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apenas in Portuguese?
apenas appears 851 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).