Usage examples of "hace poco tiempo" in Spanish with translation to English

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La radio llegó al país hace poco tiempo. The radio arrived to this country not long ago.
Hace poco asistí a la boda de un amigo chino. La novia y el novio habían sido compañeros en la universidad, ambos se graduaron de la facultad china. Ya han estado juntos durante cinco años. Recently I attended the wedding of a Chinese friend. The bride and groom had been classmates at university, and both graduated from the Chinese faculty. They've already been together for five years.
¿Exactamente qué método usaste para mejorar tanto tu mandarín en tan poco tiempo? Exactly what method did you use to improve your Mandarin in such a short space of time?
Hace poco encontré nuevos diccionarios, en otros idiomas. Recently I found new dictionaries, in other languages.
Será imposible obtener una visa en poco tiempo. It'll be impossible to get a visa on short notice.
Vi a James hace poco. I have recently seen James.
No es posible dominar una lengua extranjera en poco tiempo, tienes que estudiarla paso a paso. You can't master a foreign language in a short time; you have to study it step by step.
Ella solo lo conoció hace poco. She met him only recently.
Tenemos poco tiempo. Apurémonos. We don't have much time. Let's hurry.
No sabía eso hasta hace poco. I didn't know about that until quite recently.
Demasiadas cosas que hacer y muy poco tiempo. So many things to do, and so little time.
Lo vi hace poco. I saw him recently.
En poco tiempo, ella quedó embarazada. Before long, she got pregnant.
Dejé de fumar hace poco. I have recently given up smoking.
Tenemos poco tiempo. We're short on time.
Le vi hace poco. I saw him recently.
Es casi imposible aprender un idioma extranjero en poco tiempo. It is almost impossible to learn a foreign language in a short time.
Nos queda muy poco tiempo. We have not much time.
El poco tiempo que tenía libre lo pasaba con su familia. What little free time he had was spent with the family.
Tuve tan poco tiempo, que tuve que almorzar apresurado. I had so little time that I had to eat lunch in a hurry.
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