gairebé

Univerbation of gaire +‎ bé.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡəj.ɾəˈβe]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡəj.ɾəˈbe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaj.ɾeˈbe]

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gairebé

1. almost, nearly

   Synonym: quasi

   Són gairebé les sis en punt. ― It's almost six o'clock.

   En deu tenir gairebé quaranta. ― He must be nearly forty.

• “gairebé”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007