Actualment
Example: Actualment estudio català a l'escola cada dia.
Definition
"Actualment" is an adverb meaning currently or at the present time. It indicates that an action or situation is happening right now or during the period being referred to, as in the example sentence where someone is studying Catalan daily at school.
Etymology
The word "actualment" comes from the Latin 'actualis,' meaning 'pertaining to action.' It evolved in Catalan to express the concept of something happening in the present moment. Did you know? Despite sounding similar to English 'actually,' "actualment" specifically relates to 'currently' rather than 'in fact.'
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"Actualment" appears in the Vocaplus list "Catalan - General - (A2) - set 3", containing 116 commonly used words.
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