No. 284 in Italian
recente
Recent.
In a sentence
Ho letto un articolo recente sul cambiamento climatico.
I read a recent article about climate change.
The word 'recente' is used as an adjective modifying the noun 'articolo', highlighting its temporal proximity to the present.
Il recente sviluppo della tecnologia ci sorprende tutti i giorni.
The recent development in technology surprises us every day.
Here, 'recente' is again employed as an adjective describing 'sviluppo', emphasizing the newness of the advancement.
Abbiamo assistito a un evento storico in tempi molto recenti.
We witnessed a historic event in very recent times.
In this example, 'recenti' is the plural form used as an adjective to describe 'tempi', denoting the closeness of those times to the current period.
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