at (approximately) the same moment, when, while, as · than · To the same degree that, as (distinguished from the aforementioned use in that comparison was between equals)
eş: wie, während
köken: From Middle High German alles, from Old High German also, alsō (“as, like”); equivalent to all + so. Compare English as.
barely, hardly · just, recently, newly · as soon as
eş: a fatica, a mala pena, a stento, con difficoltà, faticosamente, stentatamente
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad poenam. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + pena (“pain, trouble”). Compare French à peine, Spanish apenas, etc.
Ti si sente appena con tutto questo baccano.
È appena arrivata, dalle un po' di tempo per riposarsi.
as, like (introduces comparisons, both noun phrases and dependent clauses) · as (introduces a noun phrase that is an adjunct, or non-obligatory argument) · such as (introduces an example)
köken: From Old Norse som, sem (“as, like”), cognate with Norwegian som, Swedish som. Probably a weakened form of Proto-Germanic *samą, *samô (“same, in the same way”), compare Old High German sama, samo, sam (“so, likewise”).
fuld som en allike
Han var som kunstner højst original, men solgte aldrig et billede.