no bien
Spanish
Adverb
- no sooner; as soon as; barely
- 1743, Sanzio Cicatelli (original), Nicolas Garcia (translator), Ide de Bien Obrar:
- y no bien habia dado dos paſſos , quando ſe undiò todo el arco
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- 1885, José María de Pereda, De tal palo, tal astilla:
- embravecido por la no esperada resistencia que hizo acrecentar sus bestiales deseos, atrevióse a poner sus groseras manazas sobre el talle virginal de Águeda. Mas no bien lo hubo hecho, dos tremendos bofetones le tendieron de espaldas en el suelo y dos brazos de hierro le sujetaron por la garganta en aquella postura.
- Encouraged by the lack of resistance which boosted his bestial desires, he dared to put his crass hands on Águeda's virginal waist. Yet barely had he done that, he was swatted down, his back against the floor, where two arms of steel around his throat held him in that position.
- Synonyms: en cuanto, tan pronto, apenas
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Further reading
- “no bien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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