No. 1,193 in Spanish
recién
"Recién" means "just" or "recently."
In a sentence
Acabo de mudarme a esta casa recién construida.
I just moved into this newly constructed house.
In this sentence, 'recién' is used before 'construida' to mean 'recently' or 'newly', emphasizing the temporal aspect of the construction.
Él llegó recién a la fiesta cuando todos ya se estaban yendo.
He arrived at the party just as everyone was already leaving.
Here, 'recién' is used to indicate that the action of arriving happened shortly before the described moment, emphasizing recency in general timing.
Recién empezamos a entender el problema.
We are just starting to understand the problem.
In this instance, 'recién' indicates that the understanding has begun very recently, suggesting immediacy or freshness of the action.
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