No. 534 in Spanish
recientemente
"Recently."
In a sentence
Recientemente, he comenzado a aprender un nuevo idioma.
Recently, I have started learning a new language.
Here, 'recientemente' is used as a temporal adverb to indicate an action that has taken place in the recent past.
Ella ha experimentado un gran cambio en su carrera recientemente.
She has undergone a big career change recently.
In this example, 'recientemente' modifies the verb phrase to limit the time frame of the action described.
Recientemente, la comunidad ha implementado nuevas políticas ambientales.
Recently, the community has implemented new environmental policies.
'Recientemente' is placed at the beginning to emphasize the time aspect of the action in the sentence.
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