No. 713 in Portuguese
recentemente
Recently.
In a sentence
Eu recentemente comecei a aprender espanhol.
I recently started learning Spanish.
In this sentence, 'recentemente' indicates that the action of starting to learn Spanish happened not long ago, showing recency of the verb action.
Você esteve na França recentemente?
Have you been to France recently?
'Recentemente' here implies questioning if the action of being in France occurred in the near past.
Ela viu o filme recentemente e adorou.
She watched the movie recently and loved it.
The word 'recentemente' is used to express that the movie-watching event took place in the near past time frame.
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