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ahora

adverbBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “ahora” mean in English?

  1. now

Example sentences

  • Ahora estoy en casa.

    Now I'm at home.

  • Ahora mismo voy.

    Right now I'm coming.

  • Hasta ahora.

    Until now / so far.

How to use it

Ahora means 'now'. Adverb. Variants: ahora mismo (right now, emphatic), ahora bien (now / however, discourse marker).

Common mistake

Distinguish ahora (now, immediate) from ya (already / now / right away — context-dependent) and pronto (soon).

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 32.