just now

English

Adverb

just now (not comparable)

(set phrase) Very close to the present moment; just a moment ago.
I was talking to my friend on the phone just now.
At present; now.
We do not have that item in stock just now.
(Scotland, South Africa, Caribbean) In a little while.
I'll be coming just now.

Synonyms

(just a moment ago): just then, recently; see also Thesaurus:recently
(at present): currently, right now; see also Thesaurus:currently
(in a little while): imminently, shortly; see also Thesaurus:soon

Translations

very close to the present moment

Armenian: նոր (hy) (nor)
Bashkir: яңы (yañı), яңы ғына (yañı ğına), әле генә (əle genə)
Bulgarian: току-що (bg) (toku-što)
Carpathian Rusyn: аккурат (akkurat)
Catalan: ara mateix
Chinese:
Mandarin: 剛才／刚才 (zh) (gāngcái), 剛剛／刚刚 (zh) (gānggāng)
Dutch: zojuist (nl), zonet (nl), zoëven (nl), daarnet (nl), net (nl)
Finnish: juuri nyt (fi), juuri äsken
French: à l’instant (fr), juste avant, tout à l’heure (fr)
Galician: hai un pouco
German: gerade eben, soeben (de), gerade (de)
Greek:
Ancient: νεωστί (neōstí)
Hindi: अभी (hi) (abhī)
Hungarian: épp most (hu)
Icelandic: rétt áðan
Ido: jus (io)
Ingrian: vast, ikkee
Irish: anois beag
Italian: or ora
Japanese: さっき (ja) (sakki), たった今 (たったいま, tatta ima)
Latin: dūdum, modo (la)
Norwegian: nå nettop, i stad (no)
Persian: هم‌اکنون (hama-knun), هم‌اینک (haminak), اینک (fa) (inak)
Plautdietsch: jrod
Polish: właśnie (pl), ledwo co, dopiero co (pl), przed chwilą, akurat (pl)
Portuguese: agora mesmo, agora há pouco (pt), agorinha (pt)
Russian: то́лько что (ru) (tólʹko što)
Scottish Gaelic: an-dràsda, an-dràsta, an ceartuair
Serbo-Croatian: upravo (sh)
Spanish: ahora mismo
Swahili: sasa hivi
Swedish: precis nu
Tagalog: ngangayon
Welsh: gynnau (cy)

in a little while

Bulgarian: ей сега (ej sega)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬上／马上 (zh) (mǎshàng)
Esperanto: baldaŭ (eo)
Finnish: aivan heti
French: tout à l’heure (fr)
Galician: nun intre, nun pouco
German: sofort (de)
Japanese: すぐ (ja) (sugu)
Portuguese: já (pt)
Russian: сейча́с (ru) (sejčás), сейча́с же (ru) (sejčás že) (emphatic), сию́ мину́ту (ru) (sijú minútu)
Scottish Gaelic: an ceartuair
Swedish: för tillfället (sv)

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