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Funny, in Mexico we use a lot "Ahorita" too, which it's just the diminutive for "Ahora" ("Right Now" in English). The word is very ambiguous here, it can mean "
by pacofvf 9y ago
Funny, in Mexico we use a lot "Ahorita" too, which it's just the diminutive for "Ahora" ("Right Now" in English). The word is very ambiguous here, it can mean "Right now" or "In a few minutes/hours/days" or if used sarcastically "Never".
Edit: ohh my gosh I just remembered another case where it's used for past events:
- Perdí mis llaves (I lost my keys)
- ¿Cuándo? (When?)
- Ahorita (Just a few seconds/minutes ago)
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- glibgil 9y agoTo be fair, "just" is diminutive in English and the answer in English is "just now". Fairly literal translation
- betenoire 9y ago- Ahorita (just now) Same in english, no?
- acchow 9y agoI don't think "just now" is used to mean the future (in a few minutes, or hours, or days).
- tyingq 9y agoMaybe "in a second" or "in a minute", which is almost never a second, or minute, respectively. Or "shortly". Heard that one a lot. We'll be departing shortly. Which could be 2 minutes or 15 minutes, or something in between.
- jnamaya 9y agoFor me the word "ahorita" has always meant "right now" not hours, minutes, right now..in a few seconds or so.