actually

Etymology
From, , equivalent to.

Adverb

 * 1)  In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
 * 2)  Actively.
 * 3)  Currently; at the time.
 * 1)  Currently; at the time.
 * 1)  Currently; at the time.

Usage notes

 * In other European languages, cognates of actually mean "now" or "currently"; (e.g., Portuguese "atualmente", Spanish "actualmente", French "actuellement", German "aktuell", Italian "attualmente", Czech "aktuálně"), making it a false friend. This leads many non-native speakers of English to use "actually" when they mean "now" or "currently".
 * Some commentators have:
 * remarked upon the irony that this qualifier of veracity often introduces an utter lie; and,
 * noted that in many cases, functions as little more than a vacuous emphatic utterance.
 * In practice, actually and its synonyms are often used to insinuate that the following is either unusual or contrary to a norm or preceding assumption, or to merely preface an overconfident opinion contrasting a previous statement or norm (as per 'vacuous emphasis' note above).
 * This is actually a really beautiful song. (contrasting opinion)
 * Actually, I'm not from France – I'm from Switzerland. (contrary from assumption)
 * At the check-out, the cashier actually greeted me for once. (contrary from norm)

Synonyms

 * ,, , , ; see also Thesaurus:actually

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: فِعْلًا
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: əslində, əslinə qalanda
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: факты́чна, сапра́ўды, дапра́ўды
 * Bulgarian:, в действителност
 * Catalan: de fet, en realitat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: egentlig
 * Dutch:, ,
 * East Central German: aangtlich
 * Esperanto: efektive, fakte
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, , varsinaisesti
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: სინამდვილეში, ნამდვილად, ფაქტობრივად, რეალურად
 * German:, , in Wirklichkeit, in Wahrheit,
 * Alemannic German: aigetli
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀληθῶς, ἐτήτυμον, τῷ ὄντι
 * Hebrew: למעשה
 * Hindi: यों, वास्तव में, असल में,, वाक़ई
 * Hungarian:, , , igazság szerint, ,
 * Icelandic: reyndar, raunar
 * Interlingua: effectivemente
 * Italian:, , in verità, ,
 * Japanese: ; 実際に,
 * Khmer: តាមពិត, តាមពិតទៅ
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: rēvēra
 * Latvian:
 * Ligurian: defæti, infæti
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: iara
 * Middle English: actualy
 * Mirandese:
 * Mongolian:
 * Nepali: वास्तव मा, खास मा
 * Norwegian: for øyeblikket, reelt sett
 * Bokmål:, , virkeligheten
 * Nynorsk: faktisk
 * Old English: sōþlīce
 * Persian: در واقع, در حقیقت, راستش
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese: na verdade, na realidade
 * Punjabi: ਵਾਕਿਆ
 * Romanian: de fapt
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovene: v bistvu, dejansko
 * Spanish: en realidad, de hecho,, de veras, de vero
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tajik: дарвоқеъ
 * Thai: จริงจริงแล้ว
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: наспра́вді, ді́йсно
 * Urdu: در حقیقت, واقعی, دراصل
 * Vietnamese:, , thực sự là
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: mewn gwirionedd
 * West Frisian: eigentlik
 * Yiddish: פֿאַקטיש, בפּועל, בפּועל־ממש, ממש, אייגנטלעך